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Alternative options to trust arrangements appear to be highly popular with advisers and their clients for securing life insurance payouts, the latest Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found...

  Jennifer Gilchrist, proposition specialist for protection at Royal London, spoke to Health & Protection about how the market has recalibrated, adapting to new ways of handling claims and helping customers unlock...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Sacha Romanovitch as its independent non-executive director (INED).  She replaces the outgoing INED Baroness Dianne Hayter and has taken up her role with immediate effect.   Romanovitch...

The future for group income protection (GIP) should be bright, driven by increasing demand for employee benefits, improved add-on services and the cost-effectiveness of the product during the cost-of-living crisis. The growing...

General & Medical Healthcare has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. Founded in 1988, General & Medical Healthcare has grown to become a multifaceted business...

CIExpert has launched the Single is Best campaign calling on the protection industry to advocate and actively encourage the recommendation of individual protection plans as the preferred option for couples and to...

National Friendly has simplified underwriting questions on its income protection (IP) applications. The insurer said this could cut the time it typically takes advisers to apply by more than half, from 14...

Reframe Cancer has appointed Jenni Wilson as a non-executive director. Wilson (pictured) joins the specialist cancer support services provider having built up 30 years commercial expertise in health insurance, hospitals and healthcare....

Government's increase to employer's National Insurance contributions is not likely to affect demand for private medical insurance (PMI) as waits for NHS treatment stay stubbornly high. But there is more chance of...

Aviva has appointed Charlotte Nixon as head of strategic accounts for its individual protection business. Nixon (pictured) will join in January from Quilter Financial Planning where she is proposition and distribution director,...