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Intermediary firms are giving more importance to transferable skills when recruiting advisers for the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, but knowledge and specialist understanding remain the top priority. However, the panel...

Ensuring financial services rules better meet the interests of the UK following Brexit is one of the key aims of the new financial services bill, the government has said. The government will...

Absolute Military has appointed Johnny Timpson as chairman of its board. Timpson, who has been working with the specialist insurer as an adviser, told Health & Protection the firm's leaders have now...

Protection Guru has launched a protection product comparison service for advisers. The Protection Guru Pro system has been designed to enable advisers to refine the product selection process and identify the most...

Voting for the best insurance and service providers in UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 closes this week. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries can vote here to recognise the providers they believe...

A bill to ensure the UK's financial services industry acts in the interests of everyone was one of the standout announcements in the Queen's Speech this morning. Delivering the speech on behalf...

Six in 10 people seeking dental treatment across England feel pressurised to go private as more than 2,000 dentists have ditched NHS work in a year. Significant numbers are having to pay...

Business leaders are increasingly looking to send management level staff on international assignments rather than going themselves, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD). Brian Hall, chairman of the world trade group...

Insurers are refusing to renew private medical insurance coverage for Russian nationals due to the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine, despite clients having no connections to the Russian establishment or sanctions regime....

Unum UK has launched a cancer support service for employees covered under its group life policy. The Cancer Assist service offers employees and their family members access to cancer experts via third-party...