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More than eleven and a half thousand more protection policies were sold in the first quarter of the year when compared with the same period in 2022, according to Gen Re. The...

Advisers working in the health and protection market will not face paying a levy for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) this year. In its latest update, the regulator said it expects...

From October patients who have waited for NHS treatment for 40 weeks or more will be given the chance to switch hospitals under plans outlined by the prime minister aimed at cutting...

Four in 10 employers say long NHS waiting lists will have a "high impact" on the design of their benefits strategy while for a third the situation has already hit their provision....

Legal & General saw claims approval rates across its life insurance, critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) products all increase in 2022. The insurer paid out over a third more IP...

The number of patients receiving treatment through private medical insurance (PMI) rose in the fourth quarter of the year to reach its highest level since before the pandemic hit. Last year was...

Royal London has begun a £1.2m charity partnership with Cancer Research UK aimed at tackling cancer inequalities. The partnership will fund research into hard-to-treat cancers and initiatives to improve the pathway to...

LifeSearch has partnered with QuoteSearch to provide protection advice and guidance to its customer base as it expand into new markets. QuoteSearch provides free online quotes for life insurance and income protection...

Property expert and former A Place In the Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin has revealed his regret at not taking out critical illness cover following conversations with his financial adviser and a subsequent...

Aviva’s protection and health business posted a 6% growth in sales by value of new business (VNB) to £60m in the first quarter of the year up from £57m in the same...