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LV= appoints protection proposition director from Royal London
LV= has appointed Gary Beyer as protection proposition director. Beyer, who will start working with LV= in July has nearly 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, including senior positions...
Read moreSpectrum.Life to ramp up recruitment following latest investment round
Spectrum.Life has announced a €17m investment round led by Act Venture Capital with participation from existing investors. The company said it plans to use the funds to ramp up recruitment - hiring...
Read moreFreedom Health hires Kennedy as IPMI head of sales ahead of product launches
Freedom Health Insurance has hired Paul Kennedy as head of sales for its international private medical insurance (IPMI) business ahead of rolling out new products. The insurer said he would play a...
Read moreIrish health insurance premiums increase by more than 10%
The average adult health insurance premium in Ireland has increased by more than 10% over the last year, according to the Health Insurance Authority (HIA). The average adult premium for the first...
Read moreAdvisers lament Aviva’s withdrawal of AIG expat cover
Advisers have expressed their dismay at Aviva's decision to withdraw AIG’s entire expatriate cover product including all pipeline applications with immediate effect. Earlier this week, Health & Protection exclusively revealed Aviva had...
Read moreHealthcare crisis will continue to hit insurance costs – Taylor
Healthcare in the UK is facing its biggest crisis in decades, not just with the NHS, but with the healthcare sector as a whole - and that will continue to hit insurance...
Read moreLGBTQ+ customers 11% less likely to have individual protection – Pacific Life Re
LGBTQ+ customers are 11% less likely to have individual protection than their heterosexual counterparts. This is according to Pacific Life Re's Beneath the Surface report which surveyed 2,000 adults. The report found...
Read moreZurich launches paid-for serious illness diagnosis and treatment add-on
Zurich has launched an optional, paid-for add-on service for its individual protection products to cover investigation and treatment for major conditions and includes care abroad. The Zurich Accelerate can be added to...
Read moreHealth and protection advisers overwhelmingly expect Labour majority
Advisers in the health and protection markets overwhelmingly expect a majority Labour government to be installed from the coming general election, polling by Health & Protection has found. Yesterday Rishi Sunak surprised...
Read moreAviva health and protection sales up 5%
Aviva reported a 5% increase in health and protection sales in Q1 2024 when compared to the corresponding period of last year. The insurer’s trading update for the first quarter of the...
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