Appointments / Industry

While most women in the workplace face health problems at work (74%), they are finding there is a lack of support available to help them, according to research from Simplyhealth. The cash...

The Office for Budget Responsibility says it expects rising health-related inactivity to continue weighing on the UK worker participation rate. The revelation features in associated documents to this year's Spring Budget. The...

Pessimism over the prospects of swingeing tax cuts in the chancellor's Spring Budget including tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI) have proven prescient. Earlier today, ahead of chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Spring...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has pledged an extra £2.5bn to help cut NHS waiting lists in today's Budget. The increase means a total budget for the NHS in England of £164.9bn for 2024-25....

While advisers want tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), they think there is zero chance of it happening in today's Spring Budget. Ahead of the chancellor's address to Parliament this afternoon,...

Legal & General has seen a 7.9% increase in protection new business annual premiums year-on-year, according to its full year 2023 results. The results show protection new business annual premiums rose from...

The Exeter has told Health & Protection that according to its internal data, a total of 3,756 appointments were booked last year with specialists on its member benefits app, HealthWise. This equated...

Trawick International has appointed Global Benefits Group alumni Claire Hargreaves and Darren Fletcher as managing director and head of sales and distribution respectively of its accident and health division in the UK....

Zurich has made changes to its service offering for large case customers after concluding an end-to-end review. After listening to adviser feedback, the insurer is implementing multiple changes in a bid to...

National Friendly has implemented a series of changes to its income protection (IP) policy, effective from 5 March 2024. The changes mean the friendly society’s IP policy now allows members to choose...