Appointments / Industry

Wearable devices could help big tech firms to better understand a consumer’s financial and risk profile and create more accurately priced financial products, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).  The FCA...

UK plc needs to stop viewing employee wellbeing as a 'nice to have' as such investments could see organisations collectively recoup £6.4bn a year through reduction in lost output from sickness and...

AIG Life has unveiled a new underwriting rules engine (URE) and updated intermediated underwriting journey, including around blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and previous cancer cases. The insurer said more than 50 changes...

Unemployment is the primary driver behind customers cancelling their life cover, according to research from VitalityLife. However around half of UK adults (56%) said they would never consider cancelling their life insurance...

Legal & General has appointed James Shattock as its next managing director for UK protection, while Pippa Keefe has succeeded him as commercial director. The appointments follow current managing director of UK...

Insurance professionals should be given mandatory training on economic abuse, according to Johnny Timpson. Timpson (pictured) spoke to Health & Protection following the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) revealing this morning that it...

Bupa UK Insurance is rolling out a suite of preventative and proactive wellbeing products and services to all its health insurance customers in a bid to help them stay healthy, identify potential...

Tax relief on health interventions such as health insurance, employee assistance programmes, and wellness initiatives will boost the productivity of UK plc. This is according to Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries...

The benefits employers provide their people with can play a key role in tackling environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues ranging from increasing access to healthcare to preparing for environmental disasters. Three...

Aniz Sirajudin, regional IPMI leader for the Asia Centre of Excellence at Mercer Marsh Benefits, based in Singapore speaks to Health & Protection about his time in the military, building teams, being...