Covid-19

Demand for virtual GP services is soaring despite in-person medical consultations opening up and insurers expect this trend to continue, with several seeing numbers more than doubling already. While government has provided...

Zurich UK is easing restrictions and increasing cover limits on life insurance applications as the country continues to emerge from the Covid pandemic. The insurer introduced a number of restrictions in March...

The winners of first UK Health & Protection Awards have been announced at a glittering ceremony at the Hilton Bankside in London. More than 500 advisers, insurers and other representatives gathered together...

Employers have been urged to not just support employees at the point of bereavement but six months later in the form of a review to identify "problematic" grief. The calls comes from...

The number of people suffering symptoms associated with long Covid in the UK has now reached more than a million. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data covering the period to...

The numbers of long Covid sufferers insurers are helping with income protection (IP) support ranges from under 20 to more than 70 at one provider, Health & Protection can reveal. Earlier this...

Nearly half of Britons have never seen a financial adviser but doing so boosts protection uptake, according to research from The Openwork Partnership. It found 45% of all 2,000 respondents had never...

It could take more than ten years for NHS cancer services in England to recover from the impact pandemic, according to a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The...

Advisers should develop clear policies about interacting with clients in the event government implements its Covid plan B this winter. Under plan B, announced earlier this month, the public would be urged...

Aviva has eased its underwriting disclosure requirements and restrictions on Covid-19 for individual protection applications. It has also updated questions around mental health issues and while there has been no fundamental change...