Tackling rising cancer care costs will be one of the prime issues for Dr Subashini M who is re-joining Aviva in the newly created role of medical director specialising in oncology and...
Read moreAdvisers need to tread "very carefully" where customers are considering cancelling private medical insurance (PMI) or protection cover as cost of living pressures mount, according to Branko Bjelobaba, principal at consultancy Branko....
Read moreThe UK Health & Protection Awards 2023 has launched and is now open for adviser entries. Health & Protection would like to welcome back Allianz Partners as returning headline sponsor. This year’s...
Read morePersonal Finance Society (PFS) interim chief executive Don MacIntyre has emphasised that the Chartered Insurance Institute's (CII) controversial takeover is “clearly doing damage” to both bodies, while members have said they have...
Read moreVoting for the Health & Protection International PMI Provider Service Ratings 2023 is open and we want to hear from intermediaries around the world. You can vote to recognise those IPMI insurers...
Read moreVitality has launched a direct to consumer ActiveLife product and is also unveiling enhancements to its advised protection offering next month. It said a life launch planned for 9 February "where enhancements...
Read moreThe protection sector is bracing itself for a year in which customers will be less inclined to take out cover when arranging their mortgage as cost of living and inflationary pressures persist....
Read moreMetLife paid 19,102 protection claims worth a total of £16.7m last year and has promised a pipeline of new products for 2023. The claims figure is up 15% from 2021 when 16,652...
Read moreFirms' target markets are always likely to include vulnerable people so the Consumer Duty requires them to consider whether their products have features that risk harm to all customers - including those...
Read moreParents are more likely to be worried about money and the risk of being unable to work through serious illness or injury than those without dependents, but the vast majority have failed...
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