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IPTF keen to bring individual and group markets closer
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...
Read moreSupport pays off for protection sector’s Paralympics medal winner
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...
Read moreProtection sector’s Paralympics hope delivers medal double at Tokyo 2020
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...
Read moreDara Ó Briain to host Health & Protection Awards
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...
Read moreDiagnostics product will not lead to full PMI entry – Zurich
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...
Read moreZurich launches into UK PMI market with diagnosis product
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...
Read moreInsurers mull using alternative evidence as NHS stops non-urgent blood tests
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...
Read moreFCA fair value rules throw down gauntlet to PMI where insurers can price clients out of the market – Walters
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...
Read moreProtection sector gold medal hopeful back training after colleague’s positive test
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...
Read moreAdviser commission key target as FCA warns insurers about product value
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it forced providers to cut remuneration and extend cover after finding that protection and general insurers are not meeting its product value rules. The regulator warned...
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