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Unum UK has launched a cancer support service for employees covered under its group life policy. The Cancer Assist service offers employees and their family members access to cancer experts via third-party...

Overbilling and overtreating are driving soaring medical insurance costs in the Middle East as patients are leaving appointments with bulging bags of prescription medications. And better medical facilities in the region are...

Employee benefits adviser Broadstone has joined group risk industry body Grid. Paul McGuckin, director, head of employee benefits at Broadstone, said: "I became conscious that, as we grew, we had less time...

The mental health of staff is the top concern for senior decision makers, according to research commissioned to mark this Mental Health Awareness Week. But separate research indicates the pandemic has created...

  Mental Health Awareness Week is being held between 9 and 15 May. Here’s why opening up the conversation around mental health should be a priority for your clients. Sometimes your mental...

Judges for the Health & Protection Awards 2022 have given advisers their tips to help submit the best possible entries for this year’s awards. Christine Husbands, managing director of RedArc, and Elliott...

Sesame Bankhall Group is asking advisers to promise to talk about protection with every client and launching a range of support to help increase the uptake of protection insurance. The network’s three-month...

Unum UK has revealed it paid a total of £366m in claims in 2021, up £6.5m on 2020, with £202m of the total being for group income protection (GIP) pay outs. Cancer...

There has been another increase in the number of people in the UK suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year, according to official data. While the number of...

A large scale sophisticated fraud is currently affecting international private medical insurance (IPMI) providers across the globe with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) being consulted, according to John Carpenter, chairman...