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The government has opened its consultation on banning cold calling for all consumer financial services and products, including insurance and mortgages.  In the consultation, entitled Ban on cold calling for consumer financial...

Aviva is reviewing its growth plans for 2023 and 2024 and has apologised to private medical insurance (PMI) customers as it continues to tackle the issue of long waiting times for its...

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has called on government to consider the role income protection can play in enabling people to stay in and return to work. The call came in...

International private medical insurance (IPMI) premiums have been increasing in Dubai largely due to higher demand for medical services as the economy returns to life after Covid.  Dubai, a part of the...

There was a slight increase in protection and health insurance coverage in the two-year period since the pandemic first, hit fuelled by growing appetite for health cash plans and income protection. However...

Industry bodies from across the health and protection sector are planning to respond to government's call to make the case for tax relief on private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace....

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is further cracking down on doctors, hospitals and other private healthcare providers which are not supplying key data on their performance and patient outcomes. In its...

Advisers believe they will be making more protection insurance recommendations as a result of the Consumer Duty, according to research from Guardian. The insurer also found advisers did not feel introducing the...

One in five firms believe the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has not been effective in engaging with firms as they plan for and embed the new flagship Consumer Duty. More than one...

The government is asking whether there is a case for tax relief to be introduced for private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace, despite not seeing the case for the tax...