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Government's impending national insurance contributions (NICs) increase is causing employers to increasingly discard group income protection cover in order to retain the immediate benefit to the workforce provided by group private medical...

SM Advice has launched a multilingual social media content service. The offering enables advisers and firms, to effectively engage with the UK’s diverse communities by creating, branding, and posting social media content...

There is still time to register for Health & Protection’s upcoming Protection Forum. The event is taking place on 12 March at Ham Yard Hotel in Central London and is free to...

Financial firms are not doing enough to monitor outcomes for vulnerable customers, the FCA has warned in its Vulnerability Review, published today.   The FCA said: "What we have seen indicates that...

Most vulnerable customers do not feel comfortable about talking to their financial service providers about their situation, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Vulnerability Review, published today.  The FCA...

Former PIB Employee Benefits head of protection Wes McCranor (pictured) has launched a protection advisory firm, Sphere Assured for individual and group clients. Sphere Assured specialises in insurance solutions for SMEs, mergers...

Royal London completed £27m of protection sales in 2024 - up  by 11% on the previous year, according to its full year financial results. The mutual’s financial results for the year 31...

Two-thirds (65%) of single mums have no protection insurance at all, even though women run a greater risk of financial insecurity than men, according to exclusive research from Scottish Widows shared with...

UnitedHealthcare Global has promoted David Cottrell to senior product manager.  Cottrell was previously product and proposition manager at UnitedHealthcare for more than three years from 2021.  As a part of the product...

Bupa’s pre-tax profit rose more than 70% to almost £1bn in 2024, however its UK and Global insurance division saw profits slip 15% over last year. Bupa's group pre-tax profit hit £972m,...