Appointments / Industry

Self-employed people are leaving themselves financially exposed and face needing to carry on working should they be injured or become ill, despite the majority of people recognising the security of having protection...

Peppy has secured $45m in funding for expansion in the US. The firm said the funding will enable it to reach millions of additional employees in an array of different industries including...

Esme Pearson, employee benefits consultant at Hooray Health & Protection, speaks to Health & Protection about how Covid delayed her move into the corporate sector, the importance of having a boss that...

The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) has appointed Steven Woods as global director of data, technology and security and promoted Liz Yovich to director of global engagement and employee benefits, effective immediately. Woods...

Software and administration services provider Lumera has joined group risk industry body Grid. Paul White, chairman of Grid, said: "We continually develop new ways to add value to our members, both strategic...

Healix Health Services has bought Halcyon Trustees to add the range of healthcare trust consultancy services to its proposition. The move comes less than seven months after Halcyon was co-founded by John...

The final quarter of 2022 has proven a "bumper" period for protection sales for Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), according to Andy Walton​, protection proposition director. Speaking to Health & Protection, Walton​, (pictured)...

The board of the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has extended Jonathan Evans' tenure as chairman for a further three years. He served two decades as an MP and MEP and was...

Alasdair Walker has stepped down as panel member and chairman of the financial planning panel at the Personal Finance Society (PFS) citing the ongoing dispute between the PFS and the Chartered Insurance...

Legal & General has promoted Dr Tarun Gupta to chief medical officer (CMO). He succeeds professor Robert Rubens, who steps down after more than 30 years but stays on as one of...