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Working To Wellbeing is working with BW Consulting to help broaden the reach of its services to more advisers. Barry Waring set up BW Consulting in February after leaving YuLife where his...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is contacting firms operating in the insurance market whose business models “may be creating heightened risks of conflicts of interest”. The regulator also warned it was “monitoring...

As part of Health & Protection’s Guide to PMI for new entrants, Jon Derbyshire, training and competency manager at Santé Group explains how a compliant process builds trust with consumers and regulatory certainty.  ...

There is “significant” opportunity for growth in the UK’s protection market if insurers target underserved new populations, MetLife UK head of individual protection Phil Jeynes has told Health & Protection. This means...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to up their game to make Consumer Duty monitoring proactive and outcomes-focused. It also wants them to demonstrate how information drives action and test...

Prime minister Andy Burnham has reiterated the importance of fixing the UK’s social care system and its impact on the recovery of the NHS. Burnham (pictured) has warned that failing to fix...

This article is part of Health & Protection's IPMI House of Lords Roundtable. Read and download the roundtable supplement by following this link.   Cigna Healthcare’s roots in insurance date back more...

As part of Health & Protection’s Guide to PMI for new entrants, Dave Middleton, executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII), explores the importance of training and development for...

Christopher McDonald has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care. The MP for Stockton North also retains his role as minister of state in the Department...

Complaints about protection and health insurance products have continued to rise with private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection (IP) seeing the greatest increases, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Data...