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The Labour government is proposing a major overhaul of how general practice doctors operate and the targets they are measured against along with introducing an additional £889m funding. Incentives are being offered...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts reached £6.65bn for the first eight months of 2024-25, taking it ahead of receipts from Tobacco Tax for the year so far. If that trend continues it...

Inheritance Tax (IHT) revenues hit £5.7bn in the eight months to the end of November – up £600m or roughly 10.5% compared to the same period last year, according to the latest...

Millions of Africans are falling deeper into poverty due to high health costs, according to The World Health Organization (WHO), which has urged countries across the continent to reduce the financial strains...

Chloe Pullan, broker manager at Sovereign Insurance Services in Gibraltar speaks to Health & Protection about her career in international private medical insurance, making the shift from the UK to the Rock,...

Advisers predict increasing demand for private medical insurance (PMI), income protection (IP) and life insurance in 2025, according to a survey by The Exeter.  Income protection saw the most positive sentiment with...

Cirencester Friendly has become the eighth insurer to achieve the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) Claims Charter status this year. Earlier in the year the PDG slashed its latest Claims Charter cohort from...

Medicash has appointed Andrew Healy as CEO, who will succeed Sue Weir upon her retirement in March 2025 after 21 years at the company. Healy (pictured) has held CEO roles in a...

Compliance processes and advice guidelines exist in various networks and firms across our industry and it’s fair to say they differ between firms. Having worked as an adviser, I appreciate how compliance...

Government's expected failure to ensure everyone who needs to see a dentist can see one comes as no surprise, as more and more patients go private. Late last month a report from...