Appointments / Industry

New Leaf Distribution has appointed Jo Pawson as head of protection. Pawson (pictured) joins from John Charcol where she was network business development manager. A former business development manager for health and...

Healthcare expenses are a concern for the majority of Singapore's residents, according to the AIA Live Better Study. The study which surveyed 1,000 Singaporean residents found 50% claimed to be financially stable,...

Chris Carroll is to succeed Carlos Jaureguizar as chief executive officer for Bupa Global, India and UK at the start of next year when Jaureguizar moves to the role of chief executive...

Healthcode has nominated its first clinical safety officer (CSO) to oversee clinical risk management of their products, including its new prescribing solution.  An experienced CSO, Dr Patrick Lester PhD will be responsible...

The widespread adoption of weight loss drugs could cut premature death rates in the UK and US over the next two decades. This is according to research from Swiss Re which showed...

Maciej Rymaniak, mortgage and protection adviser at Five Star Mortgages, speaks to Health & Protection about loving doing a job that matters, why his taxi-driving dad is his role model and his...

Health and wellbeing benefits are the biggest challenges for employers implementing benefit strategies. This is according to WTW’s 2025 Benefit Trends Survey which polled 5,583 global employers and 327 UK employers. The...

Guardian has appointed Gower Wisdom as chief operating officer (COO) effective from 1 November. Wisdom joins from AUL Assurance, a specialist start-up life insurer, where was CEO, and before that COO. Prior...

HSBC Life UK is broadening its critical illness (CI) cover to include less advanced prostate cancer and Parkinson’s Disease and adding cover for seven types of pregnancy complications. The updates form part...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its pure protection market overview revealing more than 22 million in-force policies across all individual product types. The market overview sets out a factual overview...