Appointments / Industry

Advice firm JLT Specialty has been fined £7.8m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failures around financial crime control including allowing a more than $3m bribe to take place. It is...

The pandemic has driven awareness of the importance of customers taking out income protection (IP) cover as never before and the market is seemingly buoyant. Advisers are capitalising on this renewed interest...

CIExpert has appointed Paul Roberts as propositions and distribution director after working on a consulting basis with the comparison service since December 2020. Roberts has more than 35 years’ experience in the...

Today marks the end of Men’s Health Week and men’s mental health in particular has become an increasingly important issue. Covid-19 has already triggered a 25% increase in anxiety and depression across the...

A serial fraudster who lied about having terminal cancer has been jailed for six years and nine months after executing an insurance and investment scam worth almost £2m. The swindle included a...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has named the providers it intends to authorise when the pre-paid funeral plans industry comes under its regulation from 29 July. Of the 64 funeral plan providers...

Joanna Plane, senior team manager in customer service at Axa Health, speaks to Health & Protection about their experience as a non-binary gay person in the sector, coming out twice and the...

Bereavement support platform Empathy has extended its partnership with New York Life to include its group benefit solutions business. The partnership builds on an existing deal between Empathy and New York Life...

Cardo Health has agreed a deal to partner with Colombian start-up Doc-Doc. The partnership means that alongside Doc-Doc, Cardo Health will now bring their digital health solutions to Colombia’s 50m+ citizens. Laura...

Pirkx has completed a £3 million pre–Series A fundraise ahead of expansion into South Africa. The wellbeing platform's benefits cover health, wealth and education and include on-demand GP services, discounted private health...