Appointments / Industry

Mortgage 1st has completed a deal to acquire fellow Derbyshire-based adviser Peak Mortgages & Protection. This is the first acquisition by the Chesterfield-based mortgage and protection adviser and one that will see...

Employee benefits provider Vivup has acquired HR solutions platform Work&Life Partners. The platform supports HR and diversity, equity and inclusion so that organisations can provide a platform to help employees navigate and...

Digital health company Kilo Health has launched habit tracking and lifestyle management app Greatness. The app, based on behavioural psychology research for habit formation, has been in development since 2021 and enables...

To kick off Pride Month, Amy Potter, protection team manager at London & Country, spoke to Health & Protection about feeling initially lost in a predominantly male and heterosexual industry, her delight...

Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) phase two holds "considerable" promise for insurers operating in the region, as growing numbers of expats seek healthcare support in their retirement on the Arabian Peninsula. The DHCC...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has endorsed calls for tax breaks or other support from government to support workplace healthcare after staff absence cost it £1.3m...

The typical insurance broker or financial adviser is male, aged between 25 and 34, works full time and lives in London, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysis. The ONS drew...

HSBC has added Legal & General's protection proposition to its wealth panel making the insurer's products available to the bank's customers. The move was effective from 26 April and gives HSBC UK...

Broadstone has appointed Sharon Harwood-Davis as a client consulting director. She joins the independent employee benefits consultancy from PwC where she was a senior manager. Harwood-Davies (pictured) joined PwC from Mercer Marsh...

UK national standards body the BSI has issued a new workplace standard aimed at helping organisations support employees experiencing menopause or menstruation and better enable them to retain experienced and talented people...