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The UK's healthcare system operates in an unequal playing field "heavily tilted" towards the private sector with three myths about its support of the NHS being perpetuated by politicians. This is according...

Benenden Health's members will get access to Reframe Cancer’s specialist clinical cancer services under a deal between the organisations. The partnership will see all Benenden Health’s 870,000 members offered access to Reframe...

Insurers paid out a record £8bn in combined group and individual protection claims in 2024, although approval rates slipped across critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) products. That is the equivalent...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes customer service in the general insurance and protection markets has improved over the last three years, despite outcomes only improving by a couple of percentage points....

BHSF has re-joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. BHSF provides cash plans and health and wellbeing services across the UK. Health & Protection understands BHSF...

Axa Health has promoted Kelly Morris to the role of large corporate distribution director. Head of corporate retention and client delivery at Axa Health for the past four years, Morris (pictured) moved...

Anaesthetists are being paid less for some work than an out of an hours plumber could expect to earn and lower pay is reducing the number of anaesthetists doing private work. This...

Habito has hired Britney Trussler as protection expert, joining from Dynamo where she was protection manager . The advice firm revealed Trussler was just one of several additions planned as the firm...

A quartet representing Vitality and MetLife took the acclaim as best team at the annual Santé Group charity golf day. The fourth annual event, held for a third year at The Belfry,...

Intermediaries in the health and protection insurance markets will see a steeper drop in the fee rate payable to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) than previously expected due to soaring revenues. In...