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MetLife UK approved 92% of individual protection claims - a total of 14,036 - in the last 12 months. The provider revealed the figure of 92% after publishing statistics earlier in January...

There has been a comparitively small but significant increase in the number of people coming into contact with “secondary” mental health services in England, official figures show. Statistics from NHS England reveal...

Zurich has launched a pre-application ‘decision indicator’ tool for advisers that it says will reduce the time it takes to get indicative terms for protection quotes. The new tool should cover 90%...

Direct Life & Pensions Services is set to boost its technological and operational capabilities after securing a round of investment from LSL Property Services. A spokesperson for LSL – a provider of...

A couple in their mid-20s now have a 63% risk of being unable to work for two months or more before they retire, research suggests. The figures – from the LV= Risk...

The long-term care and social care sectors have shown “admirable strength and resilience” over the past year – in financial resilience as well as everything else they have achieved. That is the...

The dentistry industry – demand for dental work and its supply – is taking a positive bounce forward in spite of the pandemic, it seems. Analysis carried out for Christie & Co...

The vast majority of employers have stepped up their efforts to support employee mental health as a result of the pandemic, research shows. Over 90% of businesses surveyed for Aon said they...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) – the independent, government-mandated source of information on privately-funded healthcare in the UK – has announced the appointment of three new non-executive directors. A PHIN spokesperson...

Liam Richards, currently head of sales at Owl Financial, the specialist protection business of financial adviser network Openwork, is to succeed Owl sales director Pat McKenna, who is retiring in March. Richards,...