Canada Life is introducing specialist cancer support from Perci Health for all its group critical illness (CI) members with immediate effect and no additional cost. Members with a cancer diagnosis will be...
Read moreArtificial intelligence (AI) will benefit the protection industry but “human intelligence will still make a difference” the LifeSearch Awards heard. LifeSearch chief information officer Chris Payne said AI needs to be taken...
Read moreHolloway Friendly and Wiltshire Friendly have announced a proposal to merge subject to regulatory approval. This is the second merger of UK mutuals announced this year following OneFamily and Scottish Friendly's merger...
Read moreA machine learning future will make protection distribution better, not worse, but the industry has been challenged to not let innovation outpace integrity, according to LifeSearch executive chairman Tom Baigrie. Baigrie (pictured)...
Read moreVitality has launched an AI‑powered underwriting process that summarises GP reports for life and serious illness cover applications. A pilot of the process showed an 81% reduction in GP report length and...
Read moreHong Kong-based advice firm Alea Insurance has secured a broker licence in France and opened an office in Paris with the intention of expanding into Europe. The intermediary firm was established in...
Read moreRoyal London has added more than 500 occupations and reduced and increased rates across its income protection (IP) product as part of several changes to the product proposition. It will now consider...
Read moreHealth & Protection is delighted to be hosting in conversation Per Bay Jørgensen, considered the founder of international private medical insurance (IPMI), as part of the Global Mobility & Health Summit. Jørgensen...
Read moreHealthHero has told Health & Protection the business is in the middle of a significant growth trajectory and expects operating profit before exceptionals, depreciation and amortisation to be well above £10m in...
Read moreAIA has outlined how it believes insurers and healthcare providers can better align to make healthcare more efficient with the current model being “outdated and unsustainable”. The insurer noted the use of...
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