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IPMI post-Covid hangover as delayed treatment triggering inflation – Leprêtre
The international private medical insurance (IPMI) sector is still feeling the after-effects of the Covid pandemic with delays to treatment a key factor behind rising medical inflation, according to SIP Medical Family...
Read moreL&G overhauls protection underwriting questions and family medical requests
Legal & General’s (L&G) retail protection business is clarifying complex underwriting questions and adding more examples to its underwriting application. The insurer said in a bid to make the process simpler and...
Read moreSamuel Marriott joins PIB as business protection adviser
PIB has hired Samuel Marriott to the newly created role of business protection adviser. PIB told Health & Protection the newly created role reflects the company’s growth and investment in its individual...
Read moreThe Exeter ups NHS in-patient payment and adds day-patient benefit
The Exeter is increasing payments for members’ in-patient NHS stays and is adding a new day-patient benefit for eligible NHS day-case treatments. It is also removing the excess deduction for these benefits....
Read moreRichardson leaves LifeSearch to join MAB as head of protection excellence
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Alan Richardson to the newly created role of head of protection excellence. Richardson (pictured) joins from LifeSearch where he spent 12 years - holding the roles...
Read moreIntroducing… Ella Downes, Ascend Broking Group
Ella Downes, healthcare renewals broker at Ascend Broking Group and Health & Protection’s Outstanding Newcomer 2025 (pictured centre right), speaks about being introduced to the world of insurance at school, a talent...
Read moreMetLife extends group life offering to Ireland
MetLife is expanding its employee benefits offering to the Irish insurance market, with group life cover available to employers and employees in Ireland from today. It will be distributed exclusively through brokers....
Read moreVerlingue buys EBCam as first step to double EB business
Verlingue has bought Cambridge-based employee benefits and financial planning firm EBCam as the first step on its ambition to double the size of its employee benefits business by 2028. The multinational firm...
Read moreAdvisers resolve to be more patient with insurers, get fit, increase qualifications and ensure more people are covered in 2026
Commitments to be less impatient with insurers, to gain more qualifications and ensure protection is included in every client conversation feature among advisers’ personal and business New Year resolutions for 2026. With...
Read moreWithout my cash plan I’d have faced difficult compromises during pregnancy – Oakley
Cash plans are typically seen as good products for helping people to maintain their everyday health needs throughout the year. However, they can come into their own at specific times of life,...
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