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Health and protection insurance intermediaries plan to continue with hybrid working as the country emerges from the pandemic. Earlier this week, Health & Protection reported that health insurers are planning to continue...

Insurers are rejecting the five day week and expect to continue with a hybrid approach to work as the country emerges from the pandemic. This contradicts predictions from the Centre for Cities...

Primis mortgage network has called on protection providers to help drive sales by simplifying policy wordings, being much clearer about what is and is not covered, and forming a collective industry approach...

The health and protection insurance sector is making significant progress in introducing initiatives aimed at improving diversity across insurers and intermediaries alike. Organisations are trying to recruit more diverse workforces by removing...

Individual protection policy sales fell by 1.2% to 2,157,263 in 2020, according to Swiss Re’s latest Term and Health Watch report, the first fall since 2013. The reinsurer’s data, produced in association...

Isobel Langton joined The Exeter as CEO in April, taking over from the retiring Andy Chapman. In her first Q&A since taking over the position, she told Health & Protection, why she...

Intermediaries advising on health and protection insurance must charge renewing customers the same fees as they do to new business clients, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. The FCA announced the...

Protection products must be assessed to ensure they offer fair value to consumers, including those policies originated before October 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. It warned insurers over products...

Health insurers and cash plan providers have been excluded from Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules surrounding the automatic annual renewal of general insurance contracts, the regulator has confirmed. However, they will be...

The world of work has seen enormous disruption as a result of Covid-19. As restrictions are gradually lifting, we are looking to a future where hybrid working is becoming far more normal,...