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Allianz Partners has increased support for weight management and holistic recovery on its Summit plans range. The insurer is also expanding cover for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cognitive developmental delay as...

Advisers need to stop selling short term income protection (IP) plans as the default option as the average length of an IP claim lasts longer than the shortest plan on the market....

More conversations about income protection are taking place, but they're not necessarily better quality, according to Martin O'Connell, founder of The Protection Revolution. Speaking to Income Protection Task Force MD Jo Miller...

Eleos Life has launched a term life insurance offering in the UK. Its income protection product was launched in 2023. The cover features an entirely digital application process where customers can take...

Certainty of underwriting decision is increasingly critical for advisers and their clients to ensure smooth and stress-free processes, says David Russell, Senior Manager Claims and Underwriting Strategy at Scottish Widows. In this...

Unum UK CEO Mark Till sits down with Health & Protection to explain the key issues the insurer has been working on, including the move to takeover Generali in the UK and...

Pivotal Growth has acquired protection broker Believe Money Group for an undisclosed sum. Founded by Ryan Wagstaff and Ian Johnson in 2017, the mortgage broker's services also include unsecured lending, commercial and...

Circle Health Group has appointed Will Rowberry as chief commercial officer. Rowberry (pictured) joins from Cleveland Clinic London where has has been chief commercial officer since 2018. A chartered accountant by background,...

Poisonings, accidental or otherwise, rank highly among everyday risks. This is according to Phil Jeynes, head of individual protection, UK, at MetLife UK (pictured), and he should know - he once poisoned...

New Leaf Distribution has appointed Jo Pawson as head of protection. Pawson (pictured) joins from John Charcol where she was network business development manager. A former business development manager for health and...