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More than half of all UK parents have no form of financial protection in place if absence from work is required to care of their children. This is according to findings from...

As the problems of the NHS are set to become a major focal point in the upcoming UK general election, South Africa's newly created National Health Insurance (NHI) is experiencing its own...

Ascend Broking Group has appointed Kristian Breeze as healthcare director for Ascend Healthcare, (previously known as SMP Insurance Brokers).  Breeze, (pictured), who told Health & Protection about his new role,  previously worked...

The health and protection industry needs to make a "really, really" clear case that long-called for tax breaks will deliver increased take-up of cover and will not hurt the exchequer. This is...

The insurance sector has been challenged to show greater leadership in demonstrating the value that brokers bring to designing commissions and on policing non-financial misconduct and promoting healthy work cultures. The challenge...

Specialist managing general agent (MGA) Risk Assurance Management Ltd (RAM) has announced a strategic collaboration with mutual Shepherds Friendly and global reinsurer SiriusPoint. Expanding on the partnership, a spokesperson for the companies...

Bupa UK Insurance CEO Alex Perry will takeover as CEO of Nuffield Health later this year, replacing Steve Gray who has announced his retirement. A formal date has not been given for...

Instanda, a global provider of SaaS platform technology for life insurance distribution and policy administration, has partnered with UnderwriteMe, a SaaS underwriting platform provider for the life insurance industry.   The collaboration...

HCML has reported a 38% increase in mental health assessments carried out in the last year when compared to 2022/23. The corporate health and wellbeing specialist carried out 8,483 assessments compared to...

Around one in five (19%) of claims paid on Aviva’s Group Income Protection in 2023 related to mental ill-health, meaning mental health concerns ranked second only to cancer, which accounted for around...