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The number of pure protection sales has increased over the past year led by a huge increase in standalone critical illness sales. This is according to the Financial Conduct Authority's Product Sales...

Private hospitals completed more than 3.2 million procedures for the NHS since the agreement to help during the Covid-19 pandemic was initiated and will continue to be vital to clear backlogs. And...

Dublin-headquartered Spectrum.Life has raised €3m (£2.57m) to fund an overseas expansion of the digital health platform. The fundraising, completed with Act Venture Capital, will see the platform, which offers mental health and...

Advisers have called on new health secretary, Sajid Javid, to prioritise tackling NHS waiting times and to turn to the private healthcare sector to help alleviate the mental and physical burden on...

Life insurance intermediary LifeSearch has appointed Debbie Kennedy as chief executive, in a role Kennedy described as the 'opportunity of a lifetime'. Kennedy, who succeeds LifeSearch founder Tom Baigrie in her new...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has appointed Emma Thomson to its board. Thomson, a founding member and former chair of the PDG, returns to the board as she takes up her new...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme's 'outcome over output' approach to work has really paid off during the pandemic, according to chief people officer David Blackburn. Addressing delegates at the recent CIPD London...

Young adults are the most likely to have considered or taken out life insurance policies since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research. The survey of 2002 UK adults conducted...

The whole healthcare system is facing an “existential crisis” in staffing as doctors and nurses are burnt out and leaving the profession in growing numbers, healthcare providers have warned. They emphasised the...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated an Elstree rehabilitation service inadequate and placed it in special measures, after an inspection found shortfalls in ensuring patient safety. The CQC inspected Cornerstone House,...