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Healix acquires stake in Cignpost Group as Talbot joins board
Healix Health has acquired a stake in Cignpost Group. Healix did not confirm the level of its equity stake or how much it paid for it to Health & Protection, but revealed...
Read moreMunich IPMI Roundtable: Banking on insurance to secure access to care
For IGO, NGO and governmental organisations securing treatment and paying for it is the ultimate goal, hears Owain Thomas. For many commercial organisations or globally mobile populations the ability to access...
Read moreReeves tells FCA to examine how Consumer Duty affects the way ‘businesses interact with businesses’
The chancellor has charged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with reassessing the impact of its Consumer Duty on financial services and the way "businesses interact with other businesses". Delivering her Mansion House...
Read moreProtection and mortgages may be excluded from 10-year FOS claims long-stop
A 10-year long stop on claims made to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) may exclude most protection products as part of an exemption proposed by HM Treasury (HMT). The consultation proposing the...
Read moreGroup life sector wins inclusion in Treasury’s captive insurance framework
The group life and employee benefits sector has been included in HM Treasury’s (HMT) plans for the new UK captive insurance regime, having been excluded from the original proposals. The first consultation...
Read moreSBG launches adviser exit consulting service
Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is to launch a exit consulting service this month to help advisers looking to sell their business. The new consulting proposition will aim to support directly authorised advice...
Read morePoliticians perpetuating three myths of private sector helping NHS – Patterson
The UK's healthcare system operates in an unequal playing field "heavily tilted" towards the private sector with three myths about its support of the NHS being perpetuated by politicians. This is according...
Read moreBenenden Health adds access to Reframe Cancer’s services for all members
Benenden Health's members will get access to Reframe Cancer’s specialist clinical cancer services under a deal between the organisations. The partnership will see all Benenden Health’s 870,000 members offered access to Reframe...
Read moreProtection sector pays record £8bn in claims but approval rates slip
Insurers paid out a record £8bn in combined group and individual protection claims in 2024, although approval rates slipped across critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) products. That is the equivalent...
Read moreFCA argues insurance customer service improved but other strategy results mixed
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes customer service in the general insurance and protection markets has improved over the last three years, despite outcomes only improving by a couple of percentage points....
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