Appointments / Industry

Further tweaks to the implementation of the Consumer Duty will be needed to help firms navigate "significant" issues connected to closed life insurance books, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted. The...

Reassured has appointed Ed Wagener as chief financial officer (CFO). Wagener joins the life insurance broker from retail firm Not on the High Street, and was also CFO at Compare the Market...

Bupa Insurance chief executive Alex Perry has called for tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), arguing that the industry is "extremely heavily taxed" and that the tax regime is limiting demand...

Building partnerships enabling investment in prevention of ill health and access to services aimed at improving the health, productivity of the UK population is one of the central commitments of the Association...

Research from Royal London has revealed the toll of the pandemic on the nation, with the vast majority of people reporting they experienced events affecting their mental health and feeling they were...

Canada Life has launched MyStrength, a mental wellbeing app for all employees of companies that have a protection policy with the insurer - including those staff not directly covered by the scheme....

Sales director Robert Smith is leaving Freedom Health Insurance after almost two decades with the insurer. In a statement the insurer said Smith (pictured) was leaving after 19 years at the company...

Unum UK is adding further services to its Help@hand app, including unlimted mental health support for mild to moderate issues. From 3 April the suite of services being added to the app...

Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) has acquired Visibly Financial Services which trades as Visibly Health and, separately, a book of business controlled by self-employed consultant Gill Nicholson. These latest deals follow the November...

Allianz has noted an uptick in its international private medical insurance (IPMI) business last year, which it said was one of the main drivers of financial improvement in its property and casualty...