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Insurers have to work hard to convince consumers they should be handling their personal health data, according to Zurich head of market engagement Peter Hamilton. Hamilton told delegates at the Association of...

Data sharing between private and public sectors would be crucial to delivering a hybrid healthcare system of the future, according to Vitality deputy chief medical officer Dr Anushka Patchava. Dr Patchava (pictured)...

HM Treasury has revealed plans to slash Solvency II requirements for insurers that dictate how much capital they must hold and the types of assets they can use. The proposed Solvency II...

Three-quarters of people say clearer use of numbers in insurance would help them to use and understand the sector, according to research for the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The findings were...

AIG is extending its six-month payment flexibility for people who are under financial hardship due to the increasing cost of living. The insurer originally introduced the option to help policyholders cope with...

Insurers paid out more than £168m in death benefits from group life policies as a result of Covid-19 last year – a sharp increase on 2020 as the pandemic continued to hit...

Advisers are divided over whether they will pick up the additional costs of tests for staff when the government stops providing free lateral flow tests from this spring. This afternoon prime minister...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has pledged that being given a competitiveness objective will not weaken its oversight of the industry. The regulator also agreed with the Treasury Select Committee of MPs...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) executive director for consumers and competition Sheldon Mills says he is “cautious” about using funds gathered from fining firms to pay for regulator or its industry levies. Mills...

Holloway Friendly has launched My Sick Pay - a simplified income protection (IP) proposition with just one product which will replace its existing Purely, short term income protection and one2protect offerings. Advisers...