Appointments / Industry

Advice firms are being warned they must engage with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty board reports and ensure their leaders are able to approve the required documents by the 31...

Howden Re has appointed David Hearn as chairman, global clients strategy. Hearn (pictured) joins the reinsurance and risk advisory arm of Howden, the international insurance intermediary group, during a period of rapid...

Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) has promoted Darren Perkins to managing director from sales director, succeeding Stephen Hough, who is stepping aside to focus on strategy and acquisitions. Perkins (pictured) joined PCH in...

Hybrid workers tend to take fewer sick days than their homeworking and office-based peers, according to research conducted by Vitality. Vitality's Britain’s Healthiest Workplace study which surveyed more than 4,700 individuals, found...

The level of satisfaction that patients in the UK experience with their GPs varies significantly between the home nations, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistic (ONS) today. ...

Foster Denovo’s Secondsight employee benefits consulting arm has become a corporate member of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Its membership follows the acquisition of Punter Southall’s corporate advice arm...

Protection advice firm John Lamb Hill Oldridge has promoted Holly Hill from senior associate to associate director. Hill (pictured) joined the firm back in January 2022 as a protection specialist ahead of...

The mortgage market is not the only reason for a decline in protection sales. This is according to advisers Health & Protection spoke to following the release of Gen Re data last...

Axa Health has increased the fees it pays for medical procedures by 15% as some doctors are threatening to “decouple” from the insurer if it does not meet their higher self-pay rates....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has a key role to play in tackling economic abuse. This is according to Joanna Legg, head of consumer policy and outcomes at the FCA, who writing...