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After becoming the first private medical insurer in the UK to disregard medical underwriting for in-network talking therapies last year, we’ve since seen a staggering 60% increase in claims for the service...

HealthHero has partnered with Circle Health Group to provide a self-pay virtual GP service to patients across its network of more than 50 hospitals, to support its primary care offering. The private...

More than 20,000 people have been added to the number of people who are economically inactive due to long term sickness in the UK over the past month. The latest figure from...

The UK's health, wealth and happiness levels are plumbing depths not seen since the height of the pandemic, according LifeSearch research. The advice firm's Health, Wealth & Happiness Index found almost a...

Canada Life has agreed to sell its individual onshore protection business to Countywide Assured plc, a subsidiary of Chesnara plc. Around 47,000 customer policies will transfer when the deal is completed with...

A total of £2.21bn was paid out by the group risk industry during 2022, down marginally from £2.22bn in 2021, according to data from trade body Grid. Overall there were 261,631 interactions...

Aviva has issued an update to its group protection online platform Aviva Group Protection Online (AGPOL) to enable intermediaries to self-serve renewals for group protection policies for up to 250 lives. According...

Health & Protection’s second IPMI Summit took place last week at Pennyhill Park in Surrey. The two-day event saw advisers and intermediaries working in the international private medical insurance (IPMI) and healthcare...

Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager for life and health at Swiss Re, is one of the esteemed panel of judges for the Health & Protection Awards 2023. In this video, Wheatcroft gives his...

The deadline for advisers to enter the UK Health & Protection Awards 2023 is just over a week away on May 19. The Health & Protection Awards are a chance for advisers...