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Insurance premium tax (IPT) receipts reached £956m in October 2024, according to data from HM Revenue & Customs. The sum brought the seventh-month total for the 2024/25 tax year to £5.5bn. The...

The number of cases of work-related stress in the UK has dropped  by14% year-on-year. The statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), released yesterday, reveal that the number of UK workers...

Data is now the leading decision factor when it comes to the health and wellbeing sector, according to Dr Katie Tryon, director of health strategy at Vitality Health.  “Data is king nowadays,...

Healthcare benefit costs in the UK are projected to outstrip increases across the globe, according to research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The research found that while these costs are projected to...

Reassured has appointed Philip Byrne as chief risk and compliance officer. Byrne is replacing Laura Havard who left the intermediary in July to take on the position of chief operating officer at...

UK businesses must increasingly shoulder the burden of maintaining the health of staff as data from government’s Health and Safety Executive department finds that the total costs of workplace self-reported injuries and...

More than a quarter of advisers have reported spending up to 100 hours on the phone with underwriters each year, according to research from IPipeline. The findings were taken from a survey...

Moore Health and Protection has joined the Association of Medical Insurers (AMII) as an intermediary member. Based in Stockport, the consultancy was established in 2020 and has grown to include six advisers....

While global life expectancy has stalled since 2010 due to the pandemic, increased resistance to antibiotics and rising levels of obesity, promising technologies for future medical advancement are providing reasons for optimism...

Unum UK has launched a digital portal for employers with online claims tracking, absence management and rehabilitation referral capabilities.  The portal is designed to simplify the claims process, giving users the ability...