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While overall income protection (IP) applications and volumes have increased 7% and 56%, respectively, year-on-year, the market still faces a protection gap that remains "stubbornly large". This is according to the third...

Employers who offer their employees group risk benefits saw 68% of their absentees return to work during 2025, according to data compiled by group risk industry body Grid. The trade body also...

Many organisations now recognise the importance of investing in workplace mental health. But there’s still a gap between how leaders view their team's mental health, and how employees experience it.   Unfortunately, leaders...

Regulators are becoming “quite antsy” on underwriting decisions and the potential for algorithmic biases in insurance is a “very hot topic”, Health & Protection’s IPMI breakfast briefing has heard. Furthermore, if underwriting...

Celebrities like Love Island’s Molly Mae will never effectively educate young people about protection products and it is too late to start cutting Generation Alpha off from social media. These were two...

Intermediary confidence in the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market has continued to fall and dipped to levels below the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, Health & Protection’s latest IPMI Report has...

How artificial intelligence (AI) creates a return on investment is still the big question that insurers need answering, Health & Protection's IPMI breakfast briefing has heard. This was a key point raised...

Protection insurers should resist raising the red flag when it comes to individuals who disclose they are proactively taking care of their mental health. This is according to panellists who were participating...

Guardian’s new critical illness plans have gone live for advisers and their clients today (15 June). The provider’s two new core covers – Critical Illness Essentials and Combined Life and Critical Illness...

Royal London paid 98.4% of all protection claims made in 2025 supporting 62,412 customers, with a record total of £821m paid due to the inclusion of Aegon claims. This compares with £751m...