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The total amount that general insurance (GI) distributors will be required to pay to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will increase to £1.2m in 2025/26. This is up from £0.8m in...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has appointed several directors to a newly formed board designed to provide oversight and governance to the organisation. Joining managing director, Jo Miller (pictured top left),...

Yorkshire Building Society has agreed a partnership with LifeSearch aimed at enhancing the protection services it provides to its customers through LifeSearch’s market access and expert advice. The new proposition, will give...

Vitality has published data on how its life insurance customers who move from inactive lifestyles to active ones, can extend their lives by five years.  The findings come from a study spanning...

The Exeter has appointed Kim Powell as national key account manager for health. Powell (pictured) joins from ActiveQuote where she was partnerships manager and where she spent almost 11 years also working...

Employees under 35 are more likely than older colleagues to see the benefits of office-based work, according to research from Vitality’s Britain’s Healthiest Workplace.  The research shows that young workers are heading...

CIExpert has appointed Steven Wanstall as a consultant to help develop a new income protection comparison facility. Alan Lakey, director at the critical illness comparison service (pictured), told Health & Protection that...

Bupa Hong Kong has appointed Raymond Young as director of distribution and sales, health insurance.  With nearly two decades of experience in the insurance industry, Young is set to lead the growth...

The NHS waiting list in England dropped further in November 2024, down by about 60,000 people compared to October.  NHS England data on referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times shows that the...

The OneFamily Group has appointed Adam Cubitt as head of distribution for its Beagle Street brand. Cubitt's focus will be expanding the organisation’s intermediary distribution and driving new business to support the...