The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) can take many forms of action against brokers that do not charge fair commissions - but the banning of commissions or brokers is off the table, according...
Read moreFour in 10 people in the UK believe protection insurance has grown in importance since the pandemic but almost a third have not taken out cover as they cannot afford to pay...
Read moreApril International is looking to double its international private medical insurance (IPMI) business in the next four years and expects to be active in acquiring other providers as well. The provider is...
Read moreAIG Life's exit from the UK protection market is sad news for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and customers' with families alike. This is according to advisers Health & Protection spoke with...
Read moreInsurers have reported a 13% rise in their private medical insurance (PMI) membership totals as the market continues to boom. The figures are included in Health & Protection’s latest Individual Private Medical...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to protection insurers about “poor selling practices” and slow restorative action and is demanding better due diligence of new advisers. The regulator...
Read moreWPA has launched a new private medical insurance (PMI) plan for individual and retail customers which includes options for a no claims discount (NCD) and excess payments. The new Complete Health plan...
Read moreIn the first of a new column, Steven Luk, executive director of employee benefits at Howden Insurance Brokers in Hong Kong, speaks to Health & Protection about celebrating his dad’s milestone birthday,...
Read moreThe Consumer Duty is not the only regulatory challenge keeping advice and insurance firms up at night. Incoming abolition of the lifetime allowance, right to be forgotten legislation in Europe and concerns...
Read moreThe thought of using a phone or tablet to see a local GP may have appeared completely alien for some people pre-pandemic, but that has all changed as demand for virtual GP...
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