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Last chance to vote for Health & Protection Awards 2025
This is the last day to vote in the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe...
Read moreABI appoints permanent director of regulation
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed David Otudeko as director of regulation. Otudeko (pictured) who joined the ABI as assistant director, head of prudential regulation, in June 2021, has been...
Read moreUS autism health data collection plan echoes ‘outdated’ thinking
Plans in the US for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to collect American's health records as part of a study into autism have been branded as "outdated, medicalised thinking that risks...
Read moreL&G ups CI payments, covers more conditions and extends quote validity
Legal & General has rolled out a series of changes to its critical illness and income protection products while quote validity periods are being extended to tackle longer mortage processing times and...
Read moreBlue Shield of California breach shared 4.7 million members’ health data with Google
Blue Shield of California has suffered a data breach that may have included millions of patients protected health information being shared with Google Analytics and then Google Ads. A listing on the...
Read moreAlaa Ladkani of Chedid Qatar appointed to WING board
Chedid Insurance Brokers in Qatar has announced the appointment of Alaa Ladkani, head of its international networks division, to the board of the Worldwide Insurance Network Group (WING). WING, based in Zurich,...
Read moreAviva moves Bridger to GI claims chief with McGill taking over as health MD
Aviva has appointed Matt McGill as managing director for health, taking over from Steve Bridger who held the role for five years. Bridger (pictured) has been appointed chief claims officer for UK...
Read moreThe Boss, Bach and Coldplay feature in sector’s latest list of stress-busting songs
The Boss, Bach, Coldplay and even an adviser's son's own band feature among our latest list of stress-busting songs the great and the good from the sector listen to in order to...
Read moreLifeSearch expands advice agreement with Trinity to PMI for veterans
LifeSearch has expanded its agreement with specialist military insurer Trinity to now provide private medical insurance (PMI) advice for veterans and the extended military community. This follows last year's deal to provide...
Read moreHow insurers are amending GIP plans following NICs increase
Insurers have outlined to Health & Protection how the changes to national insurance contributions (NICs) will effect employers with group income protection (GIP) plans. UK businesses now have to pay higher National...
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