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Dr Subashini M returns to Aviva targeting cancer costs and increasing PMI demand
Tackling rising cancer care costs will be one of the prime issues for Dr Subashini M who is re-joining Aviva in the newly created role of medical director specialising in oncology and...
Read moreAdvisers must tread ‘very carefully’ where customers consider cancelling PMI or protection – Bjelobaba
Advisers need to tread "very carefully" where customers are considering cancelling private medical insurance (PMI) or protection cover as cost of living pressures mount, according to Branko Bjelobaba, principal at consultancy Branko....
Read moreHealth & Protection Awards 2023 opens to adviser entries
The UK Health & Protection Awards 2023 has launched and is now open for adviser entries. Health & Protection would like to welcome back Allianz Partners as returning headline sponsor. This year’s...
Read morePFS interim CEO: CII takeover ‘clearly doing damage’ to both bodies
Personal Finance Society (PFS) interim chief executive Don MacIntyre has emphasised that the Chartered Insurance Institute's (CII) controversial takeover is “clearly doing damage” to both bodies, while members have said they have...
Read moreVote for the IPMI providers giving the best service to international advisers
Voting for the Health & Protection International PMI Provider Service Ratings 2023 is open and we want to hear from intermediaries around the world. You can vote to recognise those IPMI insurers...
Read moreVitality reveals advised protection proposition upgrade as D2C product launched
Vitality has launched a direct to consumer ActiveLife product and is also unveiling enhancements to its advised protection offering next month. It said a life launch planned for 9 February "where enhancements...
Read moreA challenging year ahead but mortgage protection customers are starting to realise ‘it might happen to me’ – analysis
The protection sector is bracing itself for a year in which customers will be less inclined to take out cover when arranging their mortgage as cost of living and inflationary pressures persist....
Read moreMetLife pays 19,100 claims and promises pipeline of products – updated
MetLife paid 19,102 protection claims worth a total of £16.7m last year and has promised a pipeline of new products for 2023. The claims figure is up 15% from 2021 when 16,652...
Read moreBereavement and poor health can trigger vulnerable circumstances – FCA
Firms' target markets are always likely to include vulnerable people so the Consumer Duty requires them to consider whether their products have features that risk harm to all customers - including those...
Read moreParents feel money and income worries bite but cannot afford cover – Vitality
Parents are more likely to be worried about money and the risk of being unable to work through serious illness or injury than those without dependents, but the vast majority have failed...
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