Appointments / Industry

At the start of 2023 some advisers in the health and protection sector are bracing themselves for a "dismal" year in which they help customers move onto cheaper cover and concentrate on...

Baroness Zahida Manzoor has been reappointed as chairwoman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). She was first appointed at the Financial Ombudsman Service on 2 August 2019 for an initial three-year term....

Legal & General chief executive Sir Nigel Wilson has announced his intention to retire after more than a decade leading the insurer, but he is likely to stay in post for a...

A lawyer is warning employers to put menopause support in place in for staff or risk being brought to tribunal. The caution came despite government pushing back against proposals to make menopause...

Global reinsurer Scor has appointed Thierry Léger as chief executive officer. Laurent Rousseau, who succeeded Denis Kessler as CEO on 30 June has resigned from his position as CEO and from his...

Younger adults are more worried about suffering from chronic illness than those at retirement age, according to a report from Allianz Partners. Data obtained by Health & Protection from the insurer's States...

Around 10% of Personal Finance Society (PFS) members have voiced their concerns about the Chartered Insurance Institute's (CII) appointment of three directors to the PFS board. The figures were released by PFS...

DeadHappy has issued an apology after its advert using the image of infamous serial killer Harold Shipman prompted more than 50 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The life insurer also...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has is in the final stages of extending the Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parent’s Allowance to working age parents who were not married or...

Insuring Change has dubbed unregulated pre-paid probate plans as the "reincarnation of the worst of the pre-paid funeral plans market on steroids", while the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned customers about...