Appointments / Industry

Partners& has created three new senior leadership roles as it gears up for the next stage of its growth plan. The internal promotions see Ewan MacDonald appointed CEO – North to lead...

Nearly 25% more working-age adults are expected to be diagnosed with major illness by 2040, according to a report from independent charity the Health Foundation, released today.  That represents an increase of...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has added Guardian onto its protection panel. Guardian offers a range of individual protection insurance products including life insurance, critical illness, combined life and critical illness protection, children’s...

Irish insurance company the Voluntary Health Insurance Board (Vhi) is in the process of retiring four of its health plans, to simplify its offerings to consumers.   The four plans to be...

Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) seems to be going only one way as the population adjusts to a 'new normal' in which NHS wait times remain stubbornly high. Insurers are investing...

This past year has proven another record one for growth for the UK group risk market, according to Swiss Re’s latest annual Group Watch report The report shows that in 2023 the...

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has agreed an accident, sickness, and unemployment (ASU) partnership with independent insurance provider Wessex Group, for Stonebridge member firms. Created by Wessex Group, in conjunction with AmTrust...

Employee benefits, wellbeing and reward consultant Steve Herbert (pictured) has launched his own training and writing support company. Known across the pensions and employee benefits industry as well as to HR and...

LV= has told advisers to check their client's cover amid an increase of declined critical illness claims on the previous year. The mutual's claims report for 2023 shows that three in five...

Reproductive health insurance provider Juniper has entered into partnership with specialist data analytics solutions provider Optalitix.  Juniper aims to address a gap in the health insurance market by providing comprehensive genital insurance,...