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Advisers in the health and protection markets overwhelmingly expect a majority Labour government to be installed from the coming general election, polling by Health & Protection has found. Yesterday Rishi Sunak surprised...

Aviva reported a 5% increase in health and protection sales in Q1 2024 when compared to the corresponding period of last year. The insurer’s trading update for the first quarter of the...

Prime minister Rishi Sunak (pictured) has announced the UK general election will take place on 4 July. The prime minister ended growing speculation by confirming the UK will go to the polls...

Sales of new long-term individual protection policies in 2023 fell 5.5% in 2023 as the cost of living crisis continued its stranglehold on households across the country. Swiss Re's Term & Health...

Health Compass is launching a white label version of its international private medical insurance (IPMI) product sourcing platform which can be fully branded and plugged-in to adviser websites. The system is suitable...

The Right DA Club has added Cirencester Friendly to its protection panel. Right DA Club members can now access the mutual's range of income protection cover products including My Earnings Protected and...

The Exeter has appointed Tim Weaver as head of customer experience – claims and will now lead its income protection claims team.  Weaver first joined The Exeter in January 2023 as head...

The ongoing cost of living crisis has taken its toll on the mortgage market. The number of people who have no money left over at the end of the month has increased...

The UK group risk industry paid out a record £2.49bn in claims in 2023, equal to £6.82m a day, according to data released by trade body Group Risk Development (Grid).  That represented...

Aviva is withdrawing AIG's entire expatriate cover product including all pipeline applications with immediate effect, Health & Protection can reveal. Health & Protection understands Aviva took the decision to close the product...