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FCA offers workers below inflation 4.5% pay increase from April
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to give its workers a guaranteed minimum pay increase of 4.5% from April, with an average pay raise of 6.5%. In a letter to trade union...
Read moreChartered Insurance Institute COO to retire
John Bissell is to retire from his role as chief operating officer (COO) and board member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in early April after more than six years with the...
Read moreDentists’ Provident claims surge 60% with 99.1% approved
Dentists' Provident paid out £5.6m to members in 2022 having received nearly 60% more new claims than in 2021, according to the dental income protection (IP) provider's claims stats for 2022. The...
Read moreDoctor Care Anywhere turns to former CFO as second interim CEO in six months
Doctor Care Anywhere Group has appointed its second interim CEO in the space of six months. In a statement the healthcare provider revealed it is welcoming back former chief financial officer Ben...
Read moreBest Health Insurance Adviser profile Paul Bridges: ‘Advisers have a role in supporting businesses and doing the best for employees’
Continuing our series of profiles with Health & Protection Awards 2022 winners, Towergate Health & Protection principal health and wellbeing consultant Paul Bridges explains how employers are taking a wider look at...
Read moreABI warns social care reforms will hit insured people
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is calling for payments from insurance products including lifetime health and social care cover to be excluded from local authority financial assessments under government's plan for...
Read moreLinking reward outcomes could support ESG strategy delivery – FCA
Effective credible environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies implemented by financial services firms could potentially be linked to remuneration, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted. It also expects firms to account...
Read moreHealth secretary Barclay ignoring demand for month overdue NHS pay review evidence
Health secretary Steve Barclay is yet to file evidence to the pay review body for NHS doctors and dentists despite the organisation warning him about being late 10 days ago and highlighting...
Read more‘Trusts failing mass market’ as million a year risk death claims strife – Swiss Re
Trusts are failing the mass market as a way of securing death benefit payments, especially as the number of cohabitees increases, Swiss Re is warning. The reinsurer’s latest research suggests around one...
Read morePMI take-up doubles in a year as more than one in five pay for cover
The share of UK adults using private medical insurance (PMI) has nearly doubled in the past year as waits for NHS treatment remain at record levels. Almost one in four adults are...
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