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Cirencester Friendly has joined the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The income protection specialist, owned by its more than 44,000 members, joins around 300 insurance and long-term savings companies who are represented...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has collaborated with IWantGreatCare/Top Doctors (IWGC/TD) to enable the free submission of data to PHIN through the IWGC patient feedback platform. At its AGM in December...

Gen Re has been working with partners to develop a protection solution that delivers some form of cover to customers who have self harmed or tried to take their own lives. This...

Allianz Partners' health business' revenue grew 23.4% in 2023, according to the provider's full year results. The results reveal the health business continued double-digit growth with revenues of €2.959bn last year, which...

The purchase of a first home is not as much of a life trigger as previously, as more and more people are renting homes for longer – which is impacting protection insurance...

HSBC Life UK questioned using intermediaries with loaded premium companies and decided against working with them amid concerns around adding value for customers, the insurer's CEO Mark Hussein revealed. Hussein (pictured), who...

Healthcare technology company Syrona Health has announced the launch of Predict, a profiling tool designed to analyse the impact of specific conditions at different life stages on companies, focusing on women's health,...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 are open for entries from advisers. There are 15 Awards for advisers to highlight the quality of the work you do throughout the year, day-in...

Cutting insurance premium tax (IPT) is the key to improving worker inactivity, according to Cara Spinks, head of insurance consulting at actuarial consultancy OAC. Spinks' comments follow latest HMRC tax receipts data...

More meaningful occupational health interventions will be necessary to make government's plan to shift responsibility for issuing fit notes from GPs, towards specialist work and health professionals workable. This is according to...