Appointments / Industry

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will look into claims experiences and incentives for consumers to switch products as part of its pure protection market study. The regulator has already confirmed it will further...

Three adviser groups will be represented at the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pure protection market study stakeholder workshop. The workshop will bring together adviser, insurer and consumer representatives, primarily through seven trade...

MoneySupermarket has launched a ChatGPT app enabling customers to use AI to compare provider offerings across financial services - including health and life insurance. The app, which uses AI to search more...

Myriad reasons are to blame for a year-on-year increase in complaints about income protection (IP) products, advisers have told Health & Protection. These include an over scrutiny of claims from providers, long...

Advisers need to focus clients’ minds on life's essentials and to think about how they might cope should the worst happen. This is according to Louise Colley, director of retail protection at...

Globacare has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as an intermediary member. The broker advises on individual, SME and corporate private medical insurance, alongside global health insurance and protection...

Healthy life expectancy for men and women across the UK has fallen to its lowest level on record, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Furthermore those born in...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Protection Market Study will mirror the regulator’s Premium Finance Study's firm-by-firm Consumer Duty approach rather than implementing any market-wide interventions, according to CEO Nikhil Rathi. Upon release...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added Swiss Re, Instanda, RGI Solutions and Fineos as members. The additions take membership to 39. The IPTF also revealed its Income Protection Action Week...

National Friendly has reported strong sales growth in 2025, driven by rising demand for its income protection (IP) range, and continued expansion across intermediary distribution. In the year ending 31 December 2025,...