International private medical insurance (IPMI) increasingly offers a very wide range of additional benefits which can help drive demand, increase usage and potentially reduce large treatment costs. But maximising their value depends...
Read moreThe Barnett Waddingham brand name will disappear within two years following its acquisition by Howden. This morning global insurance and employee benefits intermediary group Howden announced it has agreed to acquire UK...
Read moreFlexibility and simplicity are key components of any successful income protection product, according to Rose St Louis, protection director of Scottish Widows. In the final part of a discussion with Health & Protection editor Owain...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has expanded the areas under consideration for its pure protection market study to include restricted panels of insurers used by distributors’ cover for customers who have pre-existing...
Read moreVoting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding...
Read moreYannis Mamalis, CEO and founder of International Brokers, based in Greece speaks to Health & Protection on how he built a career in international health and benefits, how his degree in physics helped...
Read moreThe upward trend in the growth of the income protection market is largely because of increased levels of awareness among both advisers and consumers, according to Rose St Louis, protection director of...
Read moreHealth & Protection’s second Protection Forum took place at Ham Yard Hotel in London on Wednesday. The event, sponsored by HSBC Life and UnderwriteMe, saw a host of advisers, intermediaries, brokers and...
Read moreLife insurance is the largest product in the protection insurance market – but many people have a hard time trying to access it due to having pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and...
Read moreRules mandating professional qualifications for senior insurance representatives and introducing a host of other regulations to tighten up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) broker market have gone live today. The UAE Central...
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