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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a significant increase in income tax by cutting the threshold for the highest rate of tax and freezing other thresholds. Presenting the Autumn Statement to Parliament, Hunt...

The cost of essentials needs to increase by just £128 a month to create financial hardship for UK adults with younger adults particularly concerned, according to data from LifeSearch. The life insurance...

Financial stresses are hitting employee physical and mental health and already impacting workplace productivity with the damage expected to continue next year. According to research from Unum, the stress of worrying about...

Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) is high through virgin business and switching customers and aided by lower cost products despite the cost of living crisis, according to advisers. Challenges remain on...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is writing to the bosses of life insurance firms to assess their treatment of customers in light of the cost of living crisis and the new Consumer...

WPA has added functionality to its Health app in a bid to improve customer experience. The redesigned app enables customers to track the progress of their claims and communicate with WPA through...

Simplyhealth has unveiled a £60m venture capital fund with an undislosed investment in gynaecological health company Daye. The insurer told Health & Protection it has taken a minority stake in Daye and...

AMI Global Assistance has appointed Juan Peña Núñez as director of global business development. Peña Núñez (pictured) was previously director of insurance and partners for EMEA at Healix where he had spent...

LV= paid out more than £20m in critical illness (CI) claims between January and September 2022. The mutual revealed more than 258 people were supported after they received a life-changing diagnosis, including...

Royal London has adapted its underwriting process for income protection (IP) customers who move to less risky jobs or are seeking to shorten their deferred period. The mutual revealed these customers can...