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Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts hit a half-year record of £4.5bn through the first six months of the 2024/25 financial year, according to the latest HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data.  That...

The vast majority (82%) of employers say they currently record sickness absence. That is a marginal improvement on the 80% that said the same in 2023 - but not as many as...

There is no question that digitisation is becoming a necessity for the health and protection insurance markets, however it is clear younger generations are becoming the most influential population in driving forward...

More than 10 million individual protection policies were in force at the end of 2023, the latest Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found. The figures cover 13 major...

Guardian marketing and proposition director Jacqui Gillies is leaving the insurer and departing the industry after 42 years while the provider said it will be focusing on working with fewer advisers and...

Price comparison website MoneySupermarket has launched an online life insurance service in collaboration with protection adviser LifeSearch. The service offers a range of life insurance products including critical illness cover, whole of...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) upcoming review of the pure protection market could be "devastating" if it is too overly focused on commissions and fails to learn lessons from the experiences of...

Government is to introduce new laws making NHS patient health records available across all NHS trusts, GP surgeries and ambulance services in England. The plans come as government sets about engaging the...

Zurich has entered the group critical illness (CI) market completing a full suite of group risk products. Zurich told Health & Protection that while the cover is paid by for employers, it...

Towergate Employee Benefits has appointed Mark Pugh to the new role of head of consulting services as of today. Pugh (pictured speaking at the Health & Protection IPMI Summit 2023) joins the...