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Holloway Friendly has promoted John Roberts to director of distribution. Roberts (pictured), previously head of distribution, joined the specialist income protection provider from Optimal Protection where he was a business development manager....

Axa Global Healthcare has launched an app integrating its healthcare, insurance, and personalised wellbeing features to help members manage their health journey in one place. The provider pointed out that personalisation of...

Dr Arun Thiyagarajan has this week joined Vitality taking on the role of CEO for its health insurance business, succeeding Dr Keith Klintworth who is remaining in a consultant role before retiring,...

The Labour government is launching an independent commission to reform adult social care in England but has been told it must act quicker or risk repeating previous failures in the sector. Crossbench...

Protection Guru has hired Jason Coleman as a training and research manager as the firm intends to considerably increase its technical training and support capabilities. Coleman (pictured) will start on 7 January...

The Exeter has promoted Jack Southcott to head of proposition (protection). Southcott was previously proposition lead for protection products having been promoted into the role in April 2023. He has spent his...

PIB Employee Benefits has restructured its leadership team and created a new executive team who will report directly to managing director David Skinner.   PIB told Health & Protection that the executive...

Former Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) chief operating officer David Oldfield has been honoured as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work in workplace mental health, wellbeing...

Margaret Kirby, who was instrumental in delivering the protection market’s Seven Families initiative, has been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Kirby founded legal charity LegaCare in 2011...

Professor Sneh Khemka has been named in the 2025 New Year's Honours List and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Khemka (pictured) has spent almost 20 years in...