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National health at work standard proposed for employers
A national health at work standard should be established for all employers providing a baseline for quality occupational health provision in their organisations. The proposal forms a central plank of a government...
Read moreFCA service levels improve but authorisations remain below target
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) improved its service levels performance last year but is still lagging behind targets for dealing with firm authorisations and approved persons. The regulator said it achieved or...
Read moreAxa promotes Foley to UK and Ireland CEO
After almost three years as CEO of Axa UK Retail Insurance, Tara Foley is set to become chief executive officer (CEO) of Axa UK and Ireland. Foley succeeds Claudio Gienal who has...
Read moreTreasury asks if there is a case for tax relief on group PMI
The government is asking whether there is a case for tax relief to be introduced for private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace, despite not seeing the case for the tax...
Read moreFinancial adviser pay growing at six times the rate of NHS consultants – BMA
NHS consultant pay has fallen behind the likes of lawyers, architects and financial advisers over the last 14 years, with pay hikes for these professions growing at six times the rate of...
Read moreProtection Guru adds UnderwriteMe to product sourcing system
Protection Guru is to add UnderwriteMe's platform as a quotation and new business processing option within its research system for protection products. Ian McKenna, founder of Protection Guru, (pictured) said the partnership...
Read more‘To grow your economy, you need a healthy population’ – Lib Dems
It is "bizarre" that the preventive health agenda necessary for economic growth is talked about but rarely acted upon, according to Daisy Cooper, health and social care spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats....
Read moreCaribbean health insurer hit with boardroom upheaval
One of the largest health insurance companies in the Caribbean, the Guardian Group, is facing uncertainty at the top as its long-serving chairman and deputy chairman have been sent on an immediate...
Read moreTreasury must stop being ‘critical bystander’ and own healthier nation goal
The Treasury needs to stop being a "critical bystander" and own the goal of reducing health risk among the UK population while the prime minister and chancellor must lead on the issue...
Read moreCross-party health covenant needed to ‘build healthier nation over a generation’
A report led by Lord Filkin, with support from the King's Fund, is calling for a Covenant for Health commanding "resilient" cross-party commitment to "build a healthier nation over a generation, robust...
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