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Last week for Health & Protection Awards 2026 voting
Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 will close this week. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been...
Read moreThailand, Vietnam and Malaysia growing expat hubs as China stutters – analysis
South East Asia is witnessing a surge of interest from globally mobile people and companies with previously unheralded locations benefitting from the region's lifestyle, cost base and tensions across the Middle East....
Read moreI know the pain of having a loved one pass without a power of attorney in place – Dodd
Clare Dodd knows full well why employees will always remember that moment when their employer went the extra mile to offer effective support in the immediate aftermath of losing a loved one....
Read moreNEST-type scheme tackling labour market inactivity is possible but complex – Wheatcroft
A National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)-type scheme to tackle labour market inactivity is possible but complex, according to Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager, life and health UK and Ireland at Swiss Re. Ahead...
Read moreChesnara pledges to retain HSBC Life’s add-on services – exclusive
Chesnara has told Health & Protection that it intends to retain HSBC Life UK’s value-added services post-acquisition. The life and pensions company bought the bank’s UK life interests for £260m in a...
Read moreQuotas, recruitment and ‘stalled’ diversity in health and protection – analysis
The protection and health insurance sector needs to be making progress in becoming more diverse in order to better reflect the society and the customer base it serves. There is evidence that...
Read moreLast chance to have your say on IPMI provider service – vote now
Voting for the Health & Protection International PMI Provider Service Ratings 2026 will close next week and we want to hear from intermediaries around the world. You can vote to recognise those...
Read moreCanada Life launches Perci Health cancer support for all group CI members – exclusive
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 moreAI ‘does not understand nuance… yet’ – Mitchell
Artificial 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 to merge with no job losses expected
Holloway 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...
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