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Health Compass eyes building global IPMI adviser network, adding local plans and boosting AI capacity – David Eline interview
The Health Compass international private medical insurance (IPMI) product comparison service which launched in April has ambitions to connect advisers around the world and bring local PMI plans onto its platform. The...
Read moreGallagher follows Buck deal with Brazilian life insurance broker purchase
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired São Paulo, Brazil-based life insurance broker Interbrok Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. It follows the agreement to buy Buck in a deal...
Read morePFS schedules emergency board meeting and accuses CII of acting unilaterally on board takeover
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has accused the Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII) of acting unilaterally and without its consent in its attempt to take control of the organisation. Health & Protection...
Read moreLifeSearch sees Gen Z IP sales rise 4% and launches vulnerable customer team
LifeSearch has seen 4% growth in income protection (IP) business from Generation Z adults aged 24 and under, the intermediary firm has revealed. The advice firm is also focusing on vulnerable customers...
Read moreCII takes over PFS board citing ‘serious and significant’ governance failures
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is taking over the Personal Finance Society (PFS) board immediately, citing "serious and significant" governance failures. The CII Group board told the PFS board that it intends...
Read moreHealth & Protection publishes first Individual and Business Protection market report
Health & Protection is launching its first UK Individual and Business Protection report analysing the extent of the sector. The report is available to download for free by advisers, intermediaries and brokers...
Read moreUK Covid mortality exceeds similar European nations and triggers calls to focus on disease prevention
Official data has shown the UK was worse at supressing the Covid-19 pandemic than similar Western Europe countries, prompting calls for the government to focus efforts on disease prevention to reduce pressure...
Read moreReward Gateway hires Gallagher’s Burns as CEO
Global employee engagement company Reward Gateway has appointed Nick Burns as its new chief executive officer. Burns joins the company from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, where he was chief executive officer...
Read moreGallagher to buy Buck in $585m deal
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has reached agreement to buy rival HR and employee benefits consultancy Buck in a $585m (£481m) deal. Under the agreement, Gallagher will acquire the partnership interests of...
Read more‘Fix the room, not women’ – Debbie Kennedy interview
Creating a more diverse protection industry is about fixing the room not women with more allyship and support from men and leaders needed, according to Debbie Kennedy, chief executive at LifeSearch. Kennedy...
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