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Following a successful pilot, Paradigm Protect, part of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has become the first directly authorised distributor to added HSBC Life to its panel. HSBC Life offers a selection of short-...

Royal London has removed all Covid restrictions to its underwriting for cases up to £3m and below age 80, returning the mutual insurer to a pre-pandemic underwriting philosophy. The firm added it...

Insurers are noticing an increasing number of group income protection (GIP) customers coming to them for long Covid support. Official data released earlier this month, reveals the number of people in the...

Women's cricket team Western Storm are participating in WPA's wellbeing content series as part of a partnership with the health insurer. The two organisations will be collaborating on a wellbeing series, supplementing...

Circle Health has committed to sponsoring up to 500 work visas for Ukrainian refugees across its 54 sites in the UK. The private hospital group, which employs around 10,000 staff, announced the...

Mental health services received a record 4.3 million referrals in 2021, according to analysis from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The analysis of NHS Digital data revealed there were 3.3 million referrals...

Alan Knowles is stepping down from his position as chairman of the Protection Distributor’s Group (PDG) after three and a half years leading the trade body. Neil McCarthy, who retired from LifeQuote...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has added data about serious injuries caused during treatment at private hospitals to its regularly published statistics. Figures from PHIN also showed that 156,000 more patients...

Health & Protection speaks to Amy Jenney, protection insurance adviser at Cura Financial Services about how she managed to restore a customer's faith in protection, being interviewed in the company's driveway and...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has appointed Jack Griffin as acting chief executive. Griffin is currently PHIN's finance and commercial director and will take over from founder Matt James from 1...