Appointments / Industry

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is updating its rulebook to remove non-inclusive language and other potentially divisive terms. The regulator revealed its plan as part of a joint discussion paper with the...

Financial industry regulators have unveiled the start of a massive push to improve diversity and inclusivity throughout the sector with warnings that in some regards things are actually getting worse. Key suggestions...

Financial services firm Sun Life Financial has completed the $85m (£61m) acquisition of US medical intelligence and healthcare navigation provider Pinnacle Care International. Maryland-based PinnacleCare has more than 170 employees and helps...

Global health service company Cigna Europe has launched a new guide aimed at improving employee 'whole health'. ‘The road to a healthy SME: a practical guide to achieving better results through employee...

Virtual GP services have inevitably increased in popularity as lockdown stopped people from seeing their local doctor in person, while insurers have responded to this demand through increased product innovation. But as...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Aston Lark CEO, Peter Blanc, as president for 2022. Blanc is also non-executive chairman of Hastings Insurance Services, the broker arm of Hastings Direct, and...

The opportunity to champion the values of the mutual ethos was one of the key reasons National Friendly's new  CEO, Graham Singleton, has taken on the role permanently. Earlier this week, Health...

A consultant surgeon at a high-profile independent hospital has accused other private cancer care providers of ignoring conflicts of interest when negotiating work to support the NHS during the pandemic. Satya Bhattacharya,...

National Friendly has appointed Graham Singleton as CEO. Singleton, who joined the Bristol-based health and protection specialist insurer at the end of 2019 before taking on the interim CEO role following the...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has appointed Emma Thomson to its board. Thomson, a founding member and former chair of the PDG, returns to the board as she takes up her new...