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Third of employers believe staff working second job to make ends meet – Partners&
More than one in three employers suspect their employees have taken on a second job as cost of living pressures increase, according to a survey from Partners&. The intermediary's survey of 169...
Read moreMetLife pays 19,100 claims and promises pipeline of products – updated
MetLife paid 19,102 protection claims worth a total of £16.7m last year and has promised a pipeline of new products for 2023. The claims figure is up 15% from 2021 when 16,652...
Read moreJenny Watts appointed chairwoman of advice firm Tembo
Mortgage and protection adviser Tembo has appointed Jenny Watts as board chairwoman. Watts (pictured) has acted as a strategic adviser to the tech-focused mortgage and protection intermediary since the summer of 2021....
Read moreThe Exeter appoints customer services director from Legal & General GI
The Exeter has appointed former Legal & General General Insurance operations director Claire Hird as customer service director. Hird (pictured) joined the mutual this month and will oversee the underwriting, claims, and...
Read moreFCA highlights Consumer Duty applies to advice services as well as products
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has emphasised that its Consumer Duty applies equally to services such as advice and distribution as it does to products. The regulator also highlighted that insurers cannot...
Read moreNeurodiversity, menopause and telehealth driving corporate agenda – Chamberlain
Conversations once considered taboo in the workplace are being tackled and how business supports employees is being put under the spotlight since the pandemic. Health screenings and menopause support are increasing and...
Read moreBereavement and poor health can trigger vulnerable circumstances – FCA
Firms' target markets are always likely to include vulnerable people so the Consumer Duty requires them to consider whether their products have features that risk harm to all customers - including those...
Read moreBupa launches MyHealthcare benefits for frontline staff
Bupa has launched MyHealthcare - a range of health benefits for its more than 15,000 frontline employees across its care homes and dental practices. Staff will benefit from a range of primary care...
Read moreParents feel money and income worries bite but cannot afford cover – Vitality
Parents are more likely to be worried about money and the risk of being unable to work through serious illness or injury than those without dependents, but the vast majority have failed...
Read moreH2 2022 worst in 12 years as 155k excess deaths logged since pandemic start
The second half of 2022 had the highest mortality rate in twelve years, including the two previous years of the pandemic, according to analysis from the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) conducted by...
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