Appointments / Industry

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued detailed information requests to more than 30 insurers and intermediaries as research for its pure protection market study. The regulator is also conducting consumer research...

LSL Financial Services has appointed Neil Hoare as sales director within its financial services division. Hoare (pictured) will join on 1 September from his current role as commercial director of HL Partnership...

Spire Healthcare saw profits plummet by 50% while revenues from private medical insurance (PMI) remained flat as claims processes tightened in the first half of 2025. The healthcare group introduced a major...

Aviva medical director Dr Doug Wright is retiring this summer after 27 years in the UK health insurance sector. He joined Aviva in the summer of 1998 and was appointed medical director...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has deployed a financial vulnerability assessment tool across its broker network. Developed by Comentis, the tool aims to improve identification of and help to support vulnerable customers. It...

Cignpost Group has appointed Hugh Hessing, the former UK chief operating officer of Aviva, to its board of directors. With more than three decades of leadership in the financial services sector, Hessing...

Denplan, part of Simplyhealth, has appointed Dr Matthew Nolan to the newly created role of head dental officer. With a remit focused solely on dentistry, Nolan's appointment follows the departure of Catherine...

WhatsApp is coming into its own in meeting young protection customer's expectations of an entirely app-based purchasing experience. This is according to Kesh Thukaram, co-founder at Best Insurance, who spoke to Health...

Towergate Employee Benefits has appointed Roberto Russo as global benefits management - principal consultant. Russo (pictured) will be responsible for managing, retaining and developing a portfolio of global clients, reporting to Sarah...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been forced to appoint an interim chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) from the FCA board after admitting "the initial recruitment campaign proved unsuccessful". Liam...