Appointments / Industry

British Friendly is adding fracture cover of up to £6,000 as an optional benefit to its income protection (IP) policies. The benefit can be added for £4 per month to new Protect...

Joanna Streames, managing director at Velvet, tells Health & Protection about how Sir Alan Sugar's boardroom reality show was integral to her entry into the protection sector.   Almost thirteen years ago,...

Setul Mehta has been appointed head of partnership services at The Openwork Partnership with a focus on "bringing Consumer Duty to life". In his new role, Mehta (pictured) will take responsibility for...

HCA Healthcare is the latest private healthcare provider to respond to NHS pressures as it is launching an urgent acute admissions service and a private ambulance service across London. The urgent acute...

Joint venture adviser Pivotal Growth has acquired mortgage and protection brokers RSC New Homes Limited and Group First Limited, the holding company for Mortgages First and Insurance First, from LSL Property Services...

Maxis Global Benefits Network has appointed David Schupak as director – global relationship management. Schupak (pictured) moves on from his role leading the Western Europe, Middle East and Africa (WEMEA) business development...

All parts of the healthcare system need to come together to clear NHS backlogs as new data indicates wait times remain at record levels, according to the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN)....

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has expects its management expenses budget to increase 5% to hit £99.8m for 2023-24, despite expecting to handle fewer claims next year. The increase is coming...

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has admitted to using private healthcare but refused to be answer how long he had to wait for his last dentist appointment. Sunak's admissions came as pressure increased...

The former chairman of the Personal Finance Society's (PFS) financial planning practitioner panel believes in an ideal world the body would become independent of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) as it can...