Appointments / Industry

Visible Start is expanding its reach into the health and protection insurance sector to help address talent shortages in the industry. The firm delivers structured workforce re-entry and talent engagement programmes designed...

Private health screenings through an employer can dramatically improve health outcomes for workers by detecting cancers early, saving lives and benefiting providers and the NHS alike. This is according to Dr Seema...

Maxis Global Benefits Network (GBN) has appointed Brian McCarthy as region manager for the business development team in the eastern side of the US. McCarthy is now responsible for outbound business development...

The chief medical officer (CMO) of Macmillan Cancer Support has criticised protection insurers for an “extraordinary” lack of consistency in the way they verify cancer claims. Professor Richard Simcock told Health &...

Most of International Medical Group’s (IMG) international private medical insurance (IPMI) policy holders in the Persian Gulf are long-term residents and will be staying put despite the ongoing conflict affecting the region....

Overall mortality in 2025 has plunged to the lowest level on record, and 2% below 2024.  However, men aged 45-64 continue to die at higher rates than pre-pandemic levels. This according to...

Working-age adults reported a decline in health between 2011 and 2021, with those living in more deprived areas even more likely to see a decline in their self-reported health. This is according...

Baroness Nicky Morgan has told Health & Protection she is considering resuming her quest to secure an inquiry on women’s financial resilience in the House of Lords following an unsuccessful attempt last...

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has strengthened its expertise by welcoming two new directors and retaining another. Dr Alan Whittle and Adam Harper have joined the organisation’s leadership team, while Ian Callaghan’s...

Legal & General group chief risk officer (CRO) Chris Knight will join the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as director of insurance in July. Knight will be taking on the position formerly held...