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Luke Nugent, independent insurance consultant at Nugent Santé (pictured centre), speaks to Health & Protection about eschewing university for working with his dad, Paul, starting out cold calling during the pandemic, his...

The modern, globally mobile workforce and the rise of the digital nomad presents a unique set of challenges for insurers and how they handle individual international private medical insurance (IPMI) products.  Meanwhile,...

Innovation from insurers in the design of income protection products could fill the gap where employees are left out of pocket while benefitting from new bereavement leave rights. Last month, government unveiled...

The winners of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 were revealed at a magnificent gala ceremony at the London Hilton Park Lane. Watch the video highlights below of the night, including...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be collecting fair value data from pure protection insurance providers, Health & Protection can reveal. The regulator said it was planning to collect the data as...

CIExpert's Single Is Best campaign has come under fire from advisers for promoting bad advice in situations where recommending two single life policies is not the best option. However, CIExpert director Alan...

A record total of 6.2 million people were covered by private medical insurance (PMI) through individual or retail policies last year, a rise of 7%, while claims soared 21%. According to the...

Advisers have reached no clear consensus over whether insurer service levels have improved or not while consumers want faster service from insurers in terms of applications and paying claims. More than a...

The future for group income protection (GIP) should be bright, driven by increasing demand for employee benefits, improved add-on services and the cost-effectiveness of the product during the cost-of-living crisis. The growing...

Government's increase to employer's National Insurance contributions is not likely to affect demand for private medical insurance (PMI) as waits for NHS treatment stay stubbornly high. But there is more chance of...