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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...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is extending measures introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to now support all insurance customers in financial difficulty whatever the reason. In its CP23/1 consultation the regulator explained...

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...