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There is no getting around the fact that cancer treatment is costly. Mindful of these costs, the focus for insurers is firmly on prevention and early diagnosis and a more individualised approach...

More than 102,000 fewer protection policies were sold in 2023 when compared with 2022, according to Gen Re. The reinsurer’s Protection Pulse update for the full year 2023 revealed 102,163 fewer protection...

Canada Life's closure of its individual protection business cost the insurer C$29m, approximately £17.1m, it has reported. This is according to 2023 financial results for the company's parent Great West Life Co...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has praised insurers for improving propositions to offer new health and wellbeing benefits and widening policy definitions to cover more customers. In its Consumer Duty implementation: good...

Mercer is bringing health and protection insurers together for a second session with the aim of improving clarity and reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials in the sector. Last year...

AIG Life has formally confirmed that its underwriting and claims payment approach has not changed after adopting Association of British Insurers (ABI) minimum wordings requirement for its heart attack definition on critical...

Winning Best Health Insurance Adviser at the Health & Protection Awards proved to be a family affair in more ways than one for Peter Lurie, director at Proactive Medical & Life. Speaking...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 has launched and is now open for adviser entries, including a new category for networks and distributor services. Health & Protection would also like to...

Aviva UK Health managing director Steve Bridger has admitted call waiting times at the insurer remain less than perfect, but noted it had improved and pledged advisers and customers would see near...

Advisers have proposed options including greater use of artifical intelligence (AI) and mandatory excesses to help control the "saturated" use of virtual GPs in the private medical insurance (PMI) market. The subject...