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Employees do not get enough time off work or support to properly grieve the loss of a loved one according to research from MetLife UK. Research carried out by Censuswide late last...

Insurers are now proving the value of having customers sharing their data with them and patients are more will to do so, according to Chris Carroll CEO of Bupa Insurance. Carroll (pictured...

I am going to start this by making my position very clear. The question of how best to direct life assurance policy proceeds - whether through beneficiary nomination or trusts, is not,...

The Financial Services Compensation Services Scheme (FSCS) has appointed Jenny Watson and Richard Harvey as non-executive directors to the FSCS board, taking-up their roles from 1 March. The pair has experience in...

PwC directors Lucy Beverley and Samantha Jones will be exploring the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) study of the protection market including an inside view of how the regulator handles the review process,...

The evolution of science has enabled the roll out of weight loss injections in a clinically safe way that should drive sustainable behaviour change, according to VitalityHealth commercial director Dr Katie Tryon....

LifeSearch recorded 1,418 individual, family and employer paid claims in 2024, with insurers paying out a total of £105,070,803 – just over £2m a week. The number of claims settled rose 35%...

Medicash had today launched two new AI-driven health apps for corporate policyholders, HealthLens and Eargym. The new apps will be available to all existing policyholders on a company funded Medicash health plan...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned principals to check their professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover, after a review showed nearly 10% of firms sampled, needed to make changes to their policies...

Aviva’s individual protection, health insurance and group protection sales fell last year on a like-for-like basis, according to its annual results. The insurer’s individual protection sales were down by 7% to £142m...