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Aviva is returning a further £47m rebate to eligible private medical insurance (PMI) customers as it completes its Covid-19 Pledge to customers. Alongside the £81m returned to customers last year, the final...

The Association of British Insurers' (ABI) push to increase use of electronic GP reports to reduce prolonged waits for cover has been welcomed as advisers have detailed how delays continue to affect...

The Exeter paid £9.9m in income protection (IP) claims in 2022 while its longest running claim has been paid for more than a quarter of a century. Overall the UK protection and...

PMS Mortgage Club, part of Sesame Bankhall Group, has added Cirencester Friendly to income protection (IP) provider panel. The move gives PMS members access to Cirencester Friendly’s IP products: Income Assured Enhanced...

EndoCare Diagnostics has joined the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN). The Manchester-based independent endoscope services provider is the independent healthcare company membership network's 100th member. David Hare, chief executive of IHPN, (pictured)...

Employers have a key role in creating cultures that more positively support working parents in three vital aspects of life, according to Katie Crook-Davies, co-chairwoman of the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF)...

The insurance sector may need to challenge the government's incoming ban on cold calling, a compliance expert has claimed, while a lawyer has warned the ban's impact may have little impact as...

Healix has launched an updated risk assessment tool to support employers in protecting employees travelling internationally for work It is a further development of the firm's Covid Travel Safe product which was...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) received 10,000 more medical and health insurance complaints in the second half of 2022 compared with the same period of 2021. The regulator's data also indicated an...

Research from Zurich showed one in five over-50s have had to stop work due to ill health. The survey of 2,000 over-50s in employment and retired, which found that despite current financial...