Urgent improvements in data protection standards are needed to properly protect the privacy of people living with HIV. This is according to the Information Commissioner, who has condemned data protection standards at...
Read moreHSBC Life UK questioned using intermediaries with loaded premium companies and decided against working with them amid concerns around adding value for customers, the insurer's CEO Mark Hussein revealed. Hussein (pictured), who...
Read moreThe UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 are open for entries from advisers. There are 15 Awards for advisers to highlight the quality of the work you do throughout the year, day-in...
Read moreHealth & Protection’s third visit to the UAE was for our first Middle East International PMI Forum, in association with April International. This event expanded on our two previous roundtable discussions and...
Read moreHong Kong was the latest location for Health & Protection’s international private medical insurance roundtable, in association with Allianz. It was the first time Health & Protection has visited Hong Kong, drawing...
Read moreFair value requirements under the Consumer Duty are causing providers and advisers alike to regularly review product offerings and propositions. For advisers this has meant keeping a close eye on tweaks to...
Read moreA communications "farce" with the forerunner to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ranks among the most stressful experiences protection expert Alan Lakey has faced while working in the sector. To mark Stress...
Read moreLast autumn the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) raised serious concerns about how insurers are addressing terminal illness benefits attached to life insurance policies. Almost six months on from the regulator's review, Health...
Read moreAviva’s £460m takeover of AIG Life UK has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The deal that would see Aviva purchase the AIG Life UK business from AIG subsidiary...
Read moreThe Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally reshaped how people work, leading to significant changes in global workforce movements bringing opportunities and challenges to the international private medical insurance sector. Trends include the rise...
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