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Advisers are concerned government's expected increase to National Insurance could lead cash strapped families  to reconsider paying for health or protection cover. Later today, the Prime Minister is expected to confirm a...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) believes there is growing recognition that the individual and group IP markets could be working more closely together to increase take-up. The trade body said it...

All of the support to enable the protection sector's Paralympics medal winner Jordanne Whiley to put in the hours on court has paid off, according to her boss Hearthstone Mortgages managing director...

The protection sector's great Paralympics hope Jordanne Whiley has delivered on her dream of winning two medals at Tokyo 2020. Whiley, a mortgage and protection adviser at Hearthstone Mortgages, won her first...

Stand-up comedian and television presenter Dara Ó Briain will host the UK Health & Protection Awards 2021. Ó Briain is one of the UK’s favourite entertainers and is best known for hosting...

Zurich has admitted that the launch of its private healthcare diagnosis product is unlikely to lead to a full private medical insurance (PMI) product to compete in the market. However, the insurer...

Zurich UK has entered the UK private medical insurance (PMI) market with the launch of a fast-track diagnosis product available for group schemes. The LiveWell Diagnostics product offers employees private access to...

Health insurers are closely monitoring the shortage of blood test tubes which has caused NHS England to order doctors to stop all primary care and community testing for three weeks unless it...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) PS21/5 policy statement published in May barely caused a ripple in the private medical insurance (PMI) market. This is probably because rules preventing 'price walking' will only...

The protection sector's great hope for gold at this year's Paralympics is back out on court training after one of the Team GB wheelchair tennis squad tested positive for Covid. Mortgage and...