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Insurers reveal Covid-19 test coverage as free employer kits end
Health insurers have revealed to Health & Protection whether their workplace schemes will cover Covid-19 testing as employers are urged to look into all options to source lateral flow tests. This follows...
Read moreHow advisers are facing up to booming group risk demand from SMEs – analysis
The pandemic has had the combined effect of focusing people's minds on the fact they are not invincible and causing many to interrogate their employer's group risk offering for the first time....
Read moreLV= launches mortgage and rent cover product and sick pay for small businesses
LV= has launched a pair of protection products to help cover the income and outgoings of people on irregular pay or working in small businesses. The insurer said the mortgage and rent...
Read moreSpire shareholders block £1.4bn Ramsay takeover
Spire Healthcare shareholders have blocked the proposed takeover of the private healthcare provider by Ramsay Health Care. In late May the boards of both firms revealed they had reached agreement on Ramsay...
Read moreHealth Shield CEO Marsh steps down
Courtney Marsh is stepping down as CEO of Health Shield after more than a decade at the cash plan provider. The firm released a statement today revealing Marsh is leaving the Health...
Read moreFCA will be more assertive and ‘test our powers to the limit’
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CEO Nikhil Rathi has committed to building a more assertive FCA which test its powers to the limit. Speaking about the regulator’s ongoing approach, Rathi said he would...
Read more‘Illogical’ government easing and ‘inconsistent’ guidelines mean employers should encourage mask wearing – Square Health
Employers would be well advised to continue to encourage the wearing of masks if government isn't prepared to mandate their use, according to the co-founder of Square Health. Dr Bippon Vinayak, the...
Read moreProtection adviser wins Wimbledon title
Financial adviser Jordanne Whiley won the Wimbledon women’s doubles wheelchair title on Sunday – her fifth time claiming the trophy. However, the mortgage and protection adviser at Hearthstone Mortgages was back at...
Read moreOffice mask policies redundant as advisers embrace flexible working
A mask wearing policy seems to becoming redundant as more and more advisers embrace flexible working. Earlier this week, Health & Protection quizzed insurers up and down the country to find out...
Read moreRegulators suggest linking pay and fit and proper test to diversity action as ethnic minority numbers ‘going into reverse’
Financial industry regulators have unveiled the start of a massive push to improve diversity and inclusivity throughout the sector with warnings that in some regards things are actually getting worse. Key suggestions...
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