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British children spend an average of five and a half hours watching TV, five hours playing video games and four hours and 20 minutes scrolling social media a week. This is according...

MySanté has partnered with Perci Health to allows it app users to gain access to Perci Health’s digital tools, including risk assessments, a nurse chat service, and personalised, evidence-based cancer support services....

The NHS will be at the forefront of the government’s plan to ensure that the UK becomes a superpower in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), including cutting waiting times and the...

The total amount that general insurance (GI) distributors will be required to pay to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will increase to £1.2m in 2025/26. This is up from £0.8m in...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has appointed several directors to a newly formed board designed to provide oversight and governance to the organisation. Joining managing director, Jo Miller (pictured top left),...

Yorkshire Building Society has agreed a partnership with LifeSearch aimed at enhancing the protection services it provides to its customers through LifeSearch’s market access and expert advice. The new proposition, will give...

The Exeter has appointed Kim Powell as national key account manager for health. Powell (pictured) joins from ActiveQuote where she was partnerships manager and where she spent almost 11 years also working...

CIExpert has appointed Steven Wanstall as a consultant to help develop a new income protection comparison facility. Alan Lakey, director at the critical illness comparison service (pictured), told Health & Protection that...

The NHS waiting list in England dropped further in November 2024, down by about 60,000 people compared to October.  NHS England data on referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times shows that the...

The OneFamily Group has appointed Adam Cubitt as head of distribution for its Beagle Street brand. Cubitt's focus will be expanding the organisation’s intermediary distribution and driving new business to support the...