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Tara Clancy, senior lecturer and honorary consultant genetic counsellor and research consultant at Manchester University, will explore the role of genetics on the insurance sector at Health & Protection's upcoming Protection Forum....

Providing access to a GP and musculoskeletal and mental health benefits could wipe out 80% of the UK's productivity crisis and save the exchequer billions of pounds a year. This is according...

Benifex has wrapped up its acquisition of Vebnet, formerly part of Standard Life. The deal, first announced in November, sees 31 corporate customers transfer to Benifex resulting in more than 140,000 employees...

Hong Kong-based broker Alea has partnered with AIA to offer its health, life insurance and employee benefits solutions.  Alea already offers insurance options from more than 25 insurance providers in the Hong...

While there was no mention of insurance in government's Get Britain Working Review paper, the sector is very much aligned to ensuring the UK's workforce is fit and productive. This is according...

Health and protection insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) increased by almost 20% for the third quarter of the 2024 financial year – compared to the same period last year. ...

Private hospital admissions hit record levels in the third quarter of the 2024, with those from private medical insurance (PMI) up 9% year-on-year. Latest data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN)...

Four thousand frontline NHS staff will benefit from a free rehabilitation programme under a partnership rolled out between government and Nuffield Health. Health & Protection contacted the Department for Health and Social...

Ministers are set to announce that around 1.3 million people on low wages who find themselves ill are expected to either receive 80% of their average weekly earnings or the rate of...

Benenden Health has appointed Mike Hay chief people officer following a six-month period as an interim. Hay (pictured) is a former chief people officer at Saffron Building Society, human resources director at...