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More occupational health interventions needed for Sunak’s fit note shift
More meaningful occupational health interventions will be necessary to make government's plan to shift responsibility for issuing fit notes from GPs, towards specialist work and health professionals workable. This is according to...
Read moreBig tech and its effect on innovation a priority for FCA – Rathi
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to examine how big tech firms’ unique access to large sets of data can unlock better products, more competitive prices and wider choice for consumers and...
Read moreMiddle East IPMI Forum: Charting a new course
Health & Protection’s third visit to the UAE was for our first Middle East International PMI Forum, in association with April International. This event expanded on our two previous roundtable discussions and...
Read moreL&G targeted recruitment campaign at The Exeter’s IP claim assessors, says Langton
Legal & General targeted The Exeter's income protection (IP) claims assessors as part of a recruitment drive on LinkedIn last year, according to the mutual's CEO. In response L&G said it did...
Read moreAviva pays over £413m in group protection claims in 2023
Aviva paid more than £413m in group protection claims in 2023. The insurer revealed it paid more than £1.1m every day for employees and their families through group protection policies and had...
Read moreFifth of adults feel forced to try DIY dentistry – Canada Life
One in five adults in the UK have done a dental procedure on themselves, according to research from Canada Life. The insurer's survey of 2,000 UK adults found a fifth (18%) of...
Read moreProtection Forum: Adviser CI knowledge is pretty poor – Lakey
The level of adviser knowledge about critical illness is "pretty poor," according to Alan Lakey director of CI Expert. Participating in a panel debate at Health & Protection's inaugural Protection Forum in...
Read moreProtection Forum: Insurer leaders want ‘honest’ conversation on loaded premiums and would be ‘delighted’ if FCA took action
Leaders from major protection insurers have called for the sector to have an honest conversation about loaded premiums and commissions, with one CEO saying they would be "delighted" if the Financial Conduct...
Read moreProtection Forum: Its ‘insane’ that customers aren’t getting annual statements about their insurance cover – Jeynes
Insurance companies need to contact their customers more frequently and should send out at least an annual statement, according to Phil Jeynes, director of corporate strategy at Reassured. Jeynes (pictured) was speaking...
Read moreProtection Forum: Allowing protection customers time to think makes the difference – Chohan
Allowing protection insurance customers time to think makes all the difference for Apprentice candidate and protection adviser Raj Chohan. Addressing delegates at Health & Protection's inaugural protection conference in the City of...
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