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Employers urged to help workers whose social networks have disappeared – analysis
Employers have been urged to help workers whose social networks have disappeared due to lockdown re-engage with their friends and families as new research draws a clear link between loneliness and increased...
Read moreCQC finds clinical homecare provider inadequate and places in special measures
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated a Staffordshire-based clinical homecare provider as inadequate and placed it in special measures. This morning the CQC revealed Burton-on-Trent-based Healthcare at Home (HaH) has been...
Read moreInsurers pay out record £6.2bn for bereavement, ill health and injury
Insurers paid out £6.2bn in life insurance, income protection, and critical illness claims in 2020, equivalent to £17m a day, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group...
Read moreFCA plans tighter consumer protection rules to drive behaviour and culture shift
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce fresh demands on advisers and intermediaries to ensure they are operating in the customer’s best interests at all times. The rules will be...
Read moreEmployers urged to tackle rising MSK issues from homeworking
Tailored apps, webinars, healthy sleep workshops and desk exercise can contribute to effectively tackling the surging numbers of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries due to homeworking. Research by Ascenti found half of home workers...
Read moreStuart Scullion interview: Digital healthcare, a market shaping ‘gimmick’ and PMI tax incentives
Stuart Scullion stepped down as executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) just last month after six years at the head of the organisation. Scullion (pictured) will continue...
Read moreMetLife introduces flexible working and mental health webinars
MetLife UK is introducing flexible working for employees as it exits the pandemic and has been hosting special webinars for staff this Mental Health Awareness Week. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week,...
Read moreIPipeline adds home insurance referral service with Safe&Secure
IPipeline has partnered with general insurance broker Safe&Secure Insurance to launch a home insurance referral service. The new service is available through the SolutionBuilder protection sourcing system and enables advisers to refer...
Read moreAviva reduces Covid-related protection underwriting exclusions
Aviva is removing most of its Covid underwriting criteria introduced at the start of the pandemic for individual protection applications, with immediate effect. The insurer says the move follows progress now being...
Read moreProtection and health insurance advisers see FSCS levy halved
Protection and health insurance advisers will see their Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy significantly reduced after the regulator updated its expectations for this financial year. For those pure protection and health...
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