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PHIN introducing PMI-based approach to publishing consultant fees
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) plans to implement a new approach to publishing consultant fee arrangements via its portal next year which will help the private medical insurance (PMI) sector. However...
Read moreRoyal London’s Ian Smart retires after four decades in the industry
Ian Smart is retiring after 38 years in the insurance industry – the majority of which has been at the heart of the intermediated protection market. Smart left his position as product...
Read moreFCA Consumer Duty: All the key coverage
This week the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the final rules and guidance for its landmark Consumer Duty. The rules promise to trigger a major shift in how the financial services industry...
Read moreFormer mortgage broker jailed again after £200k property loans fraud
A former mortgage broker has been jailed and disqualified from being a director for a second time after committing mortgage and loan fraud. Cindy Brad from Melton Mowbray illegally obtained £200,000 from...
Read moreMüdd: Pressure on insurers and advisers to show ‘fair value’ of loaded premiums
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) failure to explicitly ban loaded premiums under its Consumer Duty means the pressure is on insurers and distributors to justify continuing the controversial practice, according to St...
Read moreTalent shortfall and Covid fallout drive unprecedented demand for group risk benefits – analysis
The combined impact of the pandemic and an intensifying war for talent has meant demand for group risk benefits from employers has never been so high. While advisers do not think mandatory...
Read moreSMEs don’t trust insurers promoting workplace protection – BEIS commissioner
Small business leaders do not trust insurers promoting the importance of cover for their employees and organisations, a Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) commissioner has warned. Liz Barclay, small...
Read more‘The whole spectrum of queer identities do not fit into a neat corporate box’ – Cowie
Marianne Cowie, strategic execution manager at Zurich, speaks to Health & Protection about corporate attitudes towards gender presentation, getting to a good place in ensuring workplaces are LGBTQ+ inclusive and how the...
Read moreAviva calls out industry for negative CI claims chatter as £1bn milestone nears
Aviva has criticised members of the critical illness (CI) industry who it says put out a “negative spin” about claims being paid. The insurer noted this was particularly important as the sector...
Read moreFewer than 100 complaints about protection and health insurance advice – exclusive
Fewer than 100 complaints were made against advisers regarding the most common protection and health insurance products in the last year, Health & Protection can reveal. Data from the Financial Ombudsman Service...
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