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One in 10 divorcees have forgotten to remove their former spouse as the beneficiary of their life insurance policy. Research conducted among 2,945 UK divorcees found 10% had forgotten to remove their...

Following a superb Protection Forum I walked away questioning the fragile balance that exists between regulation and innovation and the potential impact of the Financial Conduct Authority’s market study. There are of...

The Barnett Waddingham brand name will disappear within two years following its acquisition by Howden. This morning global insurance and employee benefits intermediary group Howden announced it has agreed to acquire UK...

Aviva paid out more than £1.89bn across nearly 62,000 individual and group protection claims in 2024.   Aviva said a total of 61,975 claims were paid across the group’s individual and group...

Injured West Ham United striker Michail Antonio has spoken of his sleepless night after being asked whether he had career-ending insurance and considering the threat of not playing again. Antonio, who is...

MetLife UK paid out a total of £224m in group risk claims in 2024. It also saw growth in the number of lives covered overall, covering nearly 140,000 additional employees by the...

Flexibility and simplicity are key components of any successful income protection product, according to Rose St Louis, protection director of Scottish Widows.  In the final part of a discussion with Health & Protection editor Owain...

PIB Employee Benefits has bought benefits technology firm Amba for an undisclosed sum. PIB told Health & Protection that it was standard for the company not to disclose any of the financials...

Half of globally mobile workers report being lonely in their new location but those who work in the UK are the loneliest. A survey from Cigna Healthcare International Health also found that...

Access Financial Services is introducing an internal referral initiative called Access All Areas. The protection and mortgage brokerage has rolled out the scheme to the company’s 260-strong network of self-employed protection and...