The 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 moreAviva paid out more than £1.89bn across nearly 62,000 individual and group protection claims in 2024. Aviva said a total of 61,975 claims were paid across the group’s individual and group...
Read moreInjured West Ham United striker Michail Antonio has spoken of his sleepless night after being asked whether he had career-ending insurance and considering the threat of not playing again. Antonio, who is...
Read moreMetLife UK paid out a total of £224m in group risk claims in 2024. It also saw growth in the number of lives covered overall, covering nearly 140,000 additional employees by the...
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 morePIB Employee Benefits has bought benefits technology firm Amba for an undisclosed sum. PIB told Health & Protection that it was standard for the company not to disclose any of the financials...
Read moreMenopausal women, typically aged 50 to 64, represent a rapidly growing segment of the workforce, according to Irwin Mitchell. In the UK this demographic is expanding and in the US the...
Read moreHalf of globally mobile workers report being lonely in their new location but those who work in the UK are the loneliest. A survey from Cigna Healthcare International Health also found that...
Read moreAccess Financial Services is introducing an internal referral initiative called Access All Areas. The protection and mortgage brokerage has rolled out the scheme to the company’s 260-strong network of self-employed protection and...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is already making good progress in clearing out rogue distributors who oppose LifeSearch's ethos. This is according to LifeSearch executive chairman, Tom Baigrie (pictured) who addressed an...
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