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For brokers supporting clients in offering effective health and wellbeing benefits, dental cover represents an opportunity to help them improve workforce wellbeing.   A hidden driver of stress Four in ten adults...

AIA has outlined how it believes insurers and healthcare providers can better align to make healthcare more efficient with the current model being “outdated and unsustainable”. The insurer noted the use of...

Confusion around underwriting and pricing is discouraging many UK consumers from taking out life insurance. This is according to a survey of 2,000 UK adults from UnderwriteMe which indicates an array of...

Bupa and Spire Healthcare have signed a four-year agreement which will see Spire provide care to Bupa’s UK health insurance customers, including access to eight existing cancer specialist centres across the UK....

Research from Gallagher has identified a clear link between an employee’s age and demand for health and protection benefits. The data highlights a gap between what employees want from their benefits packages,...

Only a small minority of UK homeowners correctly understand what income protection (IP) covers, according to research from LifeSearch and HomeOwners Alliance. The survey of 2,000 UK adults found more than a...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2026 are open for entries from advisers, while voting for the provider awards is also underway. There are 15 Awards for advisers to highlight the quality...

Reframe Cancer has appointed BW Consulting to help broaden the reach of its end-to-end employee support services to more intermediaries. Barry Waring set up BW Consulting in February, after leaving YuLife where...

PortmanDentex has signed a two‑year contract with Heidi to bring clinical AI into its practices and community of dental professionals.  The agreement will deploy Heidi’s clinical scribe across PortmanDentex’s organisation in the...

April is Stress Awareness Month so Health & Protection spoke to professionals across the health and protection sectors to find out what their go-to exercises are for reducing stress. We have had...