Appointments / Industry

While two in three to UK adults admit they would struggle financially if they were unable to work, seven in 10 have never investigated buying income protection. This is according to research...

More than a third of firms (34%) are finding evidencing outcomes for vulnerable customers as required by the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty board reporting requirements to be "extremely challenging". This...

Not taking out income protection (IP) is like going into a betting shop and wagering that you will not be sick for the next 50 years. This is according to Gary Waters,...

The NHS may be broken, but people will not need to raid their savings to go private and will not face having to pay charges, according to health secretary Wes Streeting who...

Mark Waters has left his role at Mercer to take on a new role as head of professional excellence at Howden Health and Benefits.  In this new role, Waters (pictured) will work...

Health Compass has onboarded Dr-Walter, Hoxton Wealth, Status Global Insurance and Santé Group to its IPMI quote and onboarding services platform.  Health Compass is a technology platform that aims to enable IPMI...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) believes the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pending pure protection market study will trigger a wave of consolidation which it intends to take advantage of. The intermediary expects the...

Howden has promoted Jan Tinus Larsen to CEO of Howden Norway, effective 1 October 2024.   Larsen, who has served as deputy CEO since 2018, takes over his new role from Anders...

Advisers should be passionate about income protection to properly engage customers. But they should also resist talking down to customers and bamboozling them with jargon or seeing the benefit as purely a...

In the wake of recent devastating ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector, it’s more important than ever that companies within the life insurance industry ensure their cyber security is robust and constantly...