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Commissions for advisers on private medical insurance (PMI) sales are unlikely to be abolished by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) anytime soon but brokers need to be very clear with customers around...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England hit 6.4m after wait lists increased by 200,000 in a single month, according to official data. The latest data shows the...

The pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine is adversely affecting the overall wellbeing of the UK population, with ethnic minorities hardest hit, according to the latest findings of the...

Healix is renewing its partnership with Health Claims Bureau (HCB) Group after the firm returned 77% of the patients it saw in the last six months back to work. The firms also...

Intermediary firms are giving more importance to transferable skills when recruiting advisers for the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, but knowledge and specialist understanding remain the top priority. However, the panel...

Ensuring financial services rules better meet the interests of the UK following Brexit is one of the key aims of the new financial services bill, the government has said. The government will...

Absolute Military has appointed Johnny Timpson as chairman of its board. Timpson, who has been working with the specialist insurer as an adviser, told Health & Protection the firm's leaders have now...

Protection Guru has launched a protection product comparison service for advisers. The Protection Guru Pro system has been designed to enable advisers to refine the product selection process and identify the most...

A bill to ensure the UK's financial services industry acts in the interests of everyone was one of the standout announcements in the Queen's Speech this morning. Delivering the speech on behalf...

Six in 10 people seeking dental treatment across England feel pressurised to go private as more than 2,000 dentists have ditched NHS work in a year. Significant numbers are having to pay...