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LV= paid out £137m in protection claims in 2024. This was up by £2m from 2023, with the provider supporting almost 8,000 claimants and their families, according to its 2024 claims report....

Private hospitals, clinics and other employers need to continue to take steps to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling on biological sex. This is despite a challenge to the ruling being led...

  Oral health might not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about addiction, but it can lead to a range of problems. Addiction is unfortunately more common than...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans for a live artificial intelligence (AI) testing service, aimed at facilitating the safe use of the technology within the financial sector.   The regulator...

As businesses navigate an increasingly globalised world, the demand for comprehensive and adaptable healthcare benefits for their diverse workforce has been increasing.   As a result the group IPMI sector is a market...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has announced the addition of Sapiens as its newest member, bringing the total of new members to join the organisation in 2025 to nine.  Sapiens is...

This is the last day to vote in the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed David Otudeko as director of regulation. Otudeko (pictured) who joined the ABI as assistant director, head of prudential regulation, in June 2021, has been...

Plans in the US for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to collect American's health records as part of a study into autism have been branded as "outdated, medicalised thinking that risks...

Legal & General has rolled out a series of changes to its critical illness and income protection products while quote validity periods are being extended to tackle longer mortage processing times and...