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Working To Wellbeing has joined group risk industry body Grid. The return-to-work healthcare specialist works with insurers, benefit providers and employers, specialising in helping people with long-term physical and mental health conditions....

Protection distributor Enduralife has appointed Kevin Paterson (pictured) as managing director. Paterson, whose previous roles include director of sales and marketing at Ceta Insurance and Assurant Solutions, and managing director of Source...

Advisers should develop clear policies about interacting with clients in the event government implements its Covid plan B this winter. Under plan B, announced earlier this month, the public would be urged...

Aston Lark has agreed terms to acquire the clients of The Health Insurance Company. A figure has not been given for the value of the transaction. The Bournemouth-based private medical insurance specialist,...

AIG Life has extended the maximum age and cover amounts for its Instant Life insurance product. It has increased the maximum age at purchase from 54 to 59 and extended its maximum...

Protection intermediary LifeSearch is making mental health workforce resilience and wellbeing app ShinyMind available to its staff after investing in the technology business. The interactive mental health portal, created by ShinyMind in...

Aviva has eased its underwriting disclosure requirements and restrictions on Covid-19 for individual protection applications. It has also updated questions around mental health issues and while there has been no fundamental change...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has stopped a Worcestershire mental health hospital admitting new patients after rating it inadequate and placing it in special measures. The CQC carried out an unannounced inspection...

Resolution Life US Holdings has signed a reinsurance deal with Lincoln National covering life policies worth $9.4bn. The transaction mostly covers policyholders who took out their insurance through a bank or their...

Prime minister Boris Johnson's new Cabinet has been urged to alleviate UK plc's mental health crisis through tax breaks for companies who provide support for workers. Commenting on priorities for Johnson's new...