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There is scope for the insurance market to take a greater role in the social care and long-term care markets, key industry leaders have told Health & Protection. This would require the...

Omni Protect has been chosen by Walsham Brothers as its first distribution partner. The distributor's firms will have access to Walsham Brothers’s mortgage payment protection Insurance (MPPI) range, designed to cover the...

Chancellor of the exchequer John Healey has confirmed the Autumn Budget will take place on 28 October. In a video message Healey committed to a Budget that would “kickstart growth in every...

Mairead McLean has joined Axa Health as senior propositions manager. McLean moves from Cigna where she was sales effectiveness senior analyst, having first joined as a sales executive. Announcing her appointment, she...

Captain Kirk has cancer.  William Shatner, who played the original Star Trek space adventurer, has been diagnosed with melanoma, which has spread to his lungs and brain.  Furthermore, the diagnosis came while...

Most consumers want insurance products that include later life care with a significant majority also worried about leaving caring responsibilities or costs to others. Research carried out by Opinium for Vitality found...

Andy Stephenson, a stalwart of the group risk sector who has just retired from his role as senior account manager at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about starting out as a...

Employers are facing a multitude of challenges across their businesses today, including rising health-related absences. In 2025, the Labour Force Survey estimated 148.8 million working days were lost because of sickness or...

Axa’s life and health businesses posted an 8% increase in gross written premiums (GWP) and other revenues in the first six months of 2026, the global insurer revealed. The insurer said favourable...

For multinational organisations operating across multiple markets, the United States (US) healthcare system can be one of the most challenging employee benefit environments to navigate. While many countries offer some form of...