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Advisers are keen to keep Christmas parties and social gatherings going this year with some taking creative measures including one firm already holding its annual celebration in November. Advisers told Health &...

In the second edition of our column introducing the brightest talents beginning their career in the industry, Isabelle Bertram Lax, tele-interviewer at LifeSearch, speaks to Health & Protection about challenging insurers' underwriting...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has praised how firms adapted to the pandemic but emphasised seven key points they must focus on as hybrid and other working models are growing in popularity....

British Friendly has appointed Alex Yates as head of underwriting as one of a trio of hires for the protection provider. The insurer has also hired Charlene Harvey as product and customer...

A Healthwatch England report in May revealed NHS waiting lists soared during the pandemic with people having to wait up to six weeks to secure an emergency appointment. And NHS figures showed...

Aviva UK Health managing director Steve Bridger has told advisers to demand data from insurers on how long it takes patients to return to work after treatment, noting the sector does not...

The UKs two biggest private medical insurance (PMI) providers have seen significant growth in appetite from small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), particularly start-ups, as the large corporate sector has stagnated. Bupa...

Commission in the health and protection market is “bound to be” on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) radar and “must be the right value for customers”, Aviva has said. The insurer emphasised...

In this first Health & Protection roundtable the highly experienced panel discuss the evolution of the international private medical insurance market (IPMI) in the last two years. They reveal that as employers...

Pam Whelan, group sales director of Simplyhealth and Denplan, has left the combined business after more than 20 years as part of a management shake-up. Chief commercial officer Mark Hamson has also...