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There is a generational difference when it comes to views of the importance of protection insurance, with younger generations viewing it as more important than older ones, according to research from the...

Axa Health head of corporate sales Tim Bliss has left the insurer after 10 years. The insurer confirmed Bliss had left to pursue new challenges in the health market while Bliss told...

Advisers have reached no clear consensus over whether insurer service levels have improved or not while consumers want faster service from insurers in terms of applications and paying claims. More than a...

Mercer Marsh Benefits has promoted Paul Consterdine to its multinational global commercial leader position effective immediately. He will remain based in Aix-en-Provence, France and report to Mercer Marsh Benefits multinational leader John...

Alternative options to trust arrangements appear to be highly popular with advisers and their clients for securing life insurance payouts, the latest Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found...

  Jennifer Gilchrist, proposition specialist for protection at Royal London, spoke to Health & Protection about how the market has recalibrated, adapting to new ways of handling claims and helping customers unlock...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Sacha Romanovitch as its independent non-executive director (INED).  She replaces the outgoing INED Baroness Dianne Hayter and has taken up her role with immediate effect.   Romanovitch...

The future for group income protection (GIP) should be bright, driven by increasing demand for employee benefits, improved add-on services and the cost-effectiveness of the product during the cost-of-living crisis. The growing...

CIExpert has launched the Single is Best campaign calling on the protection industry to advocate and actively encourage the recommendation of individual protection plans as the preferred option for couples and to...

National Friendly has simplified underwriting questions on its income protection (IP) applications. The insurer said this could cut the time it typically takes advisers to apply by more than half, from 14...