Appointments / Industry

Aviva is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) underwriting summarisation tool to support individual income protection applications, completing the rollout of its AI technology across its individual protection product range. The rollout means...

Prime minister Andy Burnham is to turn the government’s triple lock pensions commitment into a double lock to pay for a new national care service. Triple lock change Addressing the Labour Party...

The latest warnings from experts is that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to kill us all, but will it kill off the role of advisers first? Over the summer of 2023, Health...

The Exeter has appointed Karen Woodley as head of healthcare development, a new role which will see her help shape the future direction of its healthcare business. The healthcare distribution team, previously...

Vitality has appointed Kirsty Leece as group chief risk officer (CRO), effective from 1 October 2026, across its wider global business. Her appointment expands her current responsibilities as UK group, health and...

UnderwriteMe has appointed Tiffany Chan as strategic partnerships manager.  Chan (pictured) has more than eight years experience in financial services, across commercial growth, solutions sales, customer experience and proposition development.  She joins...

SM Advice has launched an AI visibility and authority audit. The service has been created specifically for financial advisers, mortgage brokers, wealth managers and retirement specialists as consumers increasingly use AI-powered search...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is rebranding to the Individual Protection Task Force. The body has also accepted an invitation from the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) and Association of Mortgage Intermediaries...

Kevin Melton has left International Medical Group (IMG) after five years as global head of international private medical insurance (IPMI). At IMG, Melton (pictured) was responsible for overseeing and expanding the IPMI...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be a useful tool to turn risk into opportunity, but requires advisers to be mindful of those risks and guardrails about the technology. This is according to Setul...