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Aviva is adding access to mental health support and a specialist symptom recording app to its cancer cover for large corporate private healthcare schemes. The Talking Through Cancer service and Careology app...

Canada Life has closed its individual protection business to new applications immediately. In a statement this morning, the insurer said its decision to leave the UK individual protection market was taken following...

Axa Health is trialling a service which connects members with urgent care centres and offers them a 75% discounted rate to avoid attending accident and emergency departments. Members will be able to...

HM Treasury has backed a private members bill aimed at making it harder for co-operatives, mutuals and friendly societies to unpick their mutual status. According to the Treasury, the bill tabled by...

Simplyhealth has appointed Claudia Nicholls as chief customer officer. Nicholls (pictured) will join Simplyhealth on 28 November and report to CEO, professor Sneh Khemka. In this newly created role, Nicholls will be...

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has updated its compliance operations with separate teams for larger firms, smaller firms and new joiners. As part of the move the network has created and recruited...

Mark Bromham, senior scheme owner for UK savings and retirement at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about his diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer, the benefit of group income protection and...

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has promoted Alex Beavis to group director, mortgages and protection. Previously proposition director for mortgages and later life, Beavis (pictured) now takes responsibility for the Sesame and PMS...

Holloway Friendly has launched a new online application replacing its existing in-house online process. Using UnderwriteMe's underwriting engine, the mutual said it was aiming to deliver more decisions online, a faster and...

Demand for private medical insurance across the UAE is very strong reflecting the region’s economic rebound from Covid, according to insurers and advisers. However, regulation governing insurance providers is constantly evolving with...