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Vitality has today introduced several changes to widen access to its income protection cover, including lengthening retirement age and shortening deferral periods for some occupations. The provider has lengthened the maximum retirement...

National Friendly has paid out 98% of private medical insurance (PMI) claims in the first year of its partnership with Healix Health for claims administration. Data for the period between 25 September...

With The Libertines currently on a nationwide tour, Kristian Breeze, director of healthcare at Ascend Health, told Health & Protection about how his cold calling skills led to supporting Pete Doherty's other...

The OneFamily Group has appointed Jose Cruz da Angela as head of data strategy to support its OneFamily and Beagle Street brands. The protection insurer said he will be responsible for driving...

AIA Singapore has expanded coverage for mental health care for corporate insurance policies starting in 2025.  AIA Singapore said it will be the first in market to expand inpatient plans to automatically include inpatient...

As I head towards retirement, I have been looking back on my time in the industry and have been struck by the changes we have seen in protection underwriting. Just a few years...

Prudential has hired Ross Walker as senior director for health strategy and proposition working out of Hong Kong.   Walker (pictured) was most recently chief commercial officer at Cigna Global Individual Health and based...

Cigna Healthcare International Health has appointed Dean Tincombe as UK sales development executive, global healthcare. Tincombe moves from Axa Global Healthcare where he was international SME sales consultant. He joined in 2017...

Davina Harris, account manager - individual protection at MetLife UK, speaks to Health & Protection about eschewing a career in biomedical science, overcoming self doubt, her faith in God and why candidates...

Bupa is rolling out its Well+ Silver subscription service to self-paying customers. The subscription gives customers access to health and wellbeing services through the insurer's digital healthcare platform Blua. Well+ was launched...