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Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Beth Alahakoon as head of operational excellence. Leading delivery of operational excellence across health and protection, Alahakoon (pictured) will aim to ensure colleague and client voices...

Protection Guru has appointed Steve Davey to the newly created role of head of specialist distribution. Davey (pictured)  joins after more than four years at protection specialist Vita, where for the last...

Lockton has appointed Travis Leonard as chief financial officer. He succeeds Troy Cook, who moves to corporate development as an adviser to company chairman and CEO, Ron Lockton. Leonard (pictured) starts his...

Government is to begin negotiations with the British Medical Association (BMA) to end the industrial action by junior doctors, according to secretary of health and social care Wes Streeting.  He made the...

Stephen Kinnock and Karin Smyth have today been appointed as ministers of state in the Department of Health and Social Care.  Smyth is the minister of state for health, while Kinnock is...

Legal & General is embracing artificial intelligence (AI) to provide more efficient responses to adviser customer queries. In June as part of its growth strategy, L&G said it planned to increase protection...

Maxis Global Benefits Network has appointed of Tamara Truta Amizic as regional business development manager – West US and Latin America as part of its Americas business development team.   Amizic will...

Wes Streeting has been appointed health secretary in a series of Cabinet appointments made be the country's new prime minister Sir Keir Starmer. Following Labour's general election win this morning, Starmer turned...

Indian retail health insurance company Star Health and Allied Insurance has launched its Home Health Care services which aims to deliver healthcare solutions straight to the customer’s doorstep.  Customers can receive treatment...

Axa Hong Kong and Macau has launched its new TotalAssure Critical Illness Series to provide protection cover for customers against 135 illnesses.   The product offers protection for early risk conditions linked to...