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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has corrected its latest complaints figures for private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection products (IP) after Health & Protection questioned the original data. As a result,...

In my role, I hear a lot about the challenges of getting customers to see the value in protection. But one recent conversation I had with a broker stuck with me. This...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) have raised concerns about a proposal put forward by Lord Kinnock for a tax hike on private healthcare. The...

Removing the VAT exemption on private healthcare would be "madness" adding to the tax burden on employers and causing individuals and UK plc alike to think long and hard about whether they...

Ascend Broking Group has launched Ascend Life, a protection division offering life and income protection solutions to individual and corporate clients. Led by Kristian Breeze (pictured), the division's services include life cover,...

Heath Protection Solutions has hired Natalie Summerson as protection director, joining from insurer British Friendly. Summerson (pictured) will be responsible for supporting new business growth plans including communications and partnerships strategy as...

There has always been an inextricable link between the world of mortgages and protection insurance, so when Naomi Greatorex, managing director of Heath Protection Solutions, wanted to find a rich source of...

With ROI now a top priority, employers are struggling to measure the true value of cancer care and wellbeing support, writes Richard Browne.   One of the main things employers are looking...

Aviva medical director Dr Doug Wright is retiring this summer after 27 years in the UK health insurance sector. He joined Aviva in the summer of 1998 and was appointed medical director...

HSBC expects to register a $100m (approximately £73m) pre-tax loss on the sale of the HSBC Life (UK) arm to Chesnara. Earlier in July HSBC and Chesnara announced the agreement to buy...