Appointments / Industry

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Ben Rose, Roger Jackson and Suzy Middleton as engagement board members responsible for London markets, financial planning and personal finance respectively. Rose is president of...

More than nine out of 10 (94%) residents in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) are not satisfied with their level of ‘medical freedom’, a concept which encompasses their worries about high medical...

Long wait times for NHS treatment or a lack of treatment availability continues to be the main driving force for patients to go private, according to research from the Private Healthcare Information...

Advised pure protection product sales rose by almost 18% over the last four years while non-advised sales dropped by nearly 9%, with intermediaries increasing their market share to more than 83% of...

Colin Boxall has officially retired from the health and protection industry, he announced yesterday. Boxall (pictured centre right) was owner and executive director of the Maidstone-based Advo Group for more than 16...

Young people who never smoke could spend around a decade more of their lives in good health than those who start smoking at 18 and remain lifelong smokers. This is according to...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) raised a further £69m for the Treasury in June 2024, according to latest HM Revenue & Customs tax receipts data. Following a record £8.1bn of IPT collections last...

Simplyhealth is adding a new skin health service provided by MySkinDoctor to its cash plan products. The service enables customers to access online dermatology support remotely via their smartphone or tablet, without...

Vitality saw a 45% increase in the proportion of members claiming between 2019 and 2023 according to its 2024 Health Claims Report released today.    Vitality said: “This increase in claims has significantly exceeded...

Reframe Cancer has joined the Association of Medical Insurers & Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. From pre-diagnosis to post-treatment, Reframe Cancer provides personalised support from a team of cancer nurse specialists...