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PIB Employee Benefits has appointed Daniel Beament as head of protection. He joins from Towergate where he was a protection team manager, having been appointed as employee benefits and protection consultant upon...

Fintech digital mortgage broker Habito has launched a dedicated protection department. The department will be led by protection advice manager Rhys Walker, who is joined by protection experts Kulwinder Chana and Niladri...

MetLife has joined Protection Guru platform to provide key insights and data for protection advisers which will be shared as part of Protection Guru’s Daily Insights service. The move means Protection Guru...

Insurance broker and risk management company Gallagher has agreed a partnership with protection advice specialist LifeSearch to jointly deliver additional insurance products and services to micro-SME businesses. Gallagher is a global insurance...

Healix has agreed a partnership with cancer screening and diagnostic company Check4Cancer. The partnership means employees of Healix’s member companies will be able to access three diagnostic pathways for breast, skin, and...

Legal & General Retail has published the second edition of its Chief Medical Officer Report, which explores how and why group income protection (GIP) could help contribute to organisational diversity, equity and...

Saudi Arabia has today introduced mandatory health insurance for domestic workers employed by households with more than four staff, according to the Saudi Council of Health Insurance (CHI).  The CHI says the...

Royal London has completed the Part VII transfer of the Aegon UK individual protection book following formal approval by the courts. The acquisition, first announced in April last year, sees the life...

While gender assigned at birth cannot be disregarded in medical underwriting, processes can be made more inclusive of LGBTQ+ customers. This is according to Juliette Meads, national account manager at Vitality, who...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned the insurance industry to improve monitoring to determine whether firms are delivering good outcomes for retail customers, as required by the Consumer Duty. It highlighted...