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Flexibility appears to be the key watchword when it comes to relocating employees at the start of this new year. This extends to employees on assignment requiring greater work/life balance to mitigate...

Pivotal Growth has acquired Business Protection Solutions (UK) Limited (BPS), a business protection insurance broker based in Northern Ireland, for an undisclosed sum. BPS offers a range of products, including shareholder protection...

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) is calling on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reform its Consumer Duty product value/fair value assessment regime due to an "unnecessary" burden on broker productivity....

The average cost of a simple attended funeral in the UK is now at an all-time high of £4,285, representing an annual increase of 3.5% – according to the latest SunLife Cost...

Allan Sixpence, managing partner at Risk Experts Underwriting Managers in Zimbabwe speaks to Health & Protection about his career in international private medical insurance, the difficulty of maintaining policy value in an...

National Friendly has added an option to include sickness cover to its Friendly Shield product. Launched last summer, Friendly Shield provides essential, non-underwritten cover for unforeseen eventualities. The new sickness option includes...

FinCalc and Plannr have added the Launch in FinCalc button within Plannr. The facility aims to enhance the existing two-way integration allowing Plannr users to open the client record within FinCalc with...

Serenity Health Partners has appointed Aniz Sirajudin to the role of regional growth leader.  Serenity Health, with headquarters in Singapore, specialises in the design of corporate health insurance products including a regional...

Niki Barnes has joined William Russell as international marketing manager. Last week, Health & Protection reported Barnes was leaving Axa Global Healthcare and moving to another role in the IPMI industry, having...

British children spend an average of five and a half hours watching TV, five hours playing video games and four hours and 20 minutes scrolling social media a week. This is according...