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Health secretary Wes Streeting has guaranteed the exemption of VAT on private healthcare will not be removed in the upcoming Budget. Streeting told the BBC "it's not happening" and repeated that answer...

Covering special risks is hard enough in domestic settings, but this can prove near to impossible when trying to arrange international private medical insurance (IPMI) for individuals. Policies where medical history is...

Going the extra mile for a young mother who had disclosed that she attempted suicide in the past helped her secure income protection cover. This is according to Nicola Huxley, director at...

The crucial role of occupational health was the missing piece of Lord Darzi's 10 year plan for the NHS - particularly as smaller employers seek help to tackle labour market inactivity. This...

Tuune founder Shardi Nahavandi launched the women’s health digital diagnosis platform after being incorrectly diagnosed with bowel cancer. At a special briefing in the City of London this morning, Nahavandi (pictured) explained...

Aviva has told Health & Protection it is actively seeking to improve turnaround times for protection applications for underwriting requiring a GP report. It added that targeted interventions and additional resourcing was...

Unum UK CEO Mark Till sits down with Health & Protection to explain the key issues the insurer has been working on, including the move to takeover Generali in the UK and...

Poisonings, accidental or otherwise, rank highly among everyday risks. This is according to Phil Jeynes, head of individual protection, UK, at MetLife UK (pictured), and he should know - he once poisoned...

Chris Carroll is to succeed Carlos Jaureguizar as chief executive officer for Bupa Global, India and UK at the start of next year when Jaureguizar moves to the role of chief executive...

Maciej Rymaniak, mortgage and protection adviser at Five Star Mortgages, speaks to Health & Protection about loving doing a job that matters, why his taxi-driving dad is his role model and his...