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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that the private medical insurance and protection insurance advice sectors will not form part of its Advice Guidance Boundary Review. In last year's Autumn Statement,...

Burnout caused by global perma-crisis is viewed as a major medical risk for organisations in the year ahead, according to a report from medical and security services firm International SOS.  Its annual Risk...

With an aging population and more people living beyond the age of 85, insurers need to do more to help customers who may need to face long-term care, according to Rose St...

Health & Protection senior reporter Graham Simons has been named Protection Journalist of the Year by the Protection Review. His award was announced at the Protection Review Awards in London last night....

The protection sector needs to do more to support the ongoing needs of younger people who suddenly find themselves permanently disabled. This is according to Pippa Keefe, who was appointed commercial director...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to be "hugely transformative" for the protection sector helping claims assessors to spend more of their time on more complex cases. This is according to Alastair Gerrard...

LV= explored the development of a lifestyle protection product which would evolve with a customer’s life, according to its former group executive managing director for protection Iain Clark. Speaking at the Protection...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has already begun seeing cases brought to it which encompass elements of the Consumer Duty regulations introduced in July. And it expects to see more complaints regarding...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is planning to cut its compulsory levy by which is paid for by all financial services firms to £70m for the 2024/25 financial year. The figure will...

Insurers are generally optimistic about protection sales levels in the coming years but are split on the scale of premium increases, the Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found....