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Fluent Money appoints director of mortgages and protection
Fluent Money has appointed Martin Baker as director of mortgages and protection in a newly created role. Joining the business on 8 July, Baker joins the financial solutions provider having held roles...
Read morePCH wraps up three acquisitions in three months
Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) has completed its third acquisition in three months. In March, the firm acquired 100% of the share capital of Midlands-based intermediary Central Healthcare Ltd. This was followed in...
Read moreMore than 40,000 fewer protection policies sold at start of year – Gen Re
More than 40,000 fewer protection policies were sold in Q1 2024 than in the corresponding quarter of 2023, according to Gen Re. The reinsurer’s Protection Pulse update for the first quarter of...
Read moreAI helpful for IPMI but some customers still want a real person over a machine
While artificial intelligence (AI) is being put to use in fielding out of hours calls and performing back office operations, international private medical insurance advisers need to be mindful of customers who...
Read moreMillions affected as US healthcare provider hit by data security hack
Texas-based healthcare provider WebTPA has announced that a data security incident has impacted its network and some 2.4 million customers. WebTPA is a third-party administrator with more than 30 years of experience...
Read moreLast chance for advisers to enter UK Health & Protection Awards
The deadline is arriving for advisers to enter The UK Health & Protection Awards 2024. Entries can be submitted on the Awards website and this year includes a new category for networks...
Read moreBeagle Street survey finds most young adults lack life cover
Most of the young adults responding to a survey by life insurer Beagle Street reported that they do not have life cover. The survey of 2,000 adults aged between 18 and 40...
Read moreFCA conducting thematic review of protection product governance and fair value
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has undertaken an in-depth review of the life insurance market's governance arrangements and pure protection product fair value. The regulator said it had conducted the review over...
Read moreInsurers should ‘do better’ by carers and improve added value services – Timpson
Johnny Timpson has called on protection and health insurers to "do better" by introducing signposting solutions for carers to their added value services. Timpson's comments follow similar criticism levelled at the Department...
Read moreFCA tells life insurance CEOs to review closed products ahead of looming deadline
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to life insurance CEOs with key questions they must ask themselves ahead of the looming Consumer Duty deadline for closed products and services at the...
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