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The Exeter has seen a 14.1% increase in the amount it paid out in income protection claims in 2023. This is according to the mutual's annual claims data for the year which...

Cirencester Friendly has promoted Victoria Clark to the newly created role of proposition manager. Clark has been with Cirencester Friendly for more than eight years having started out in its customer care...

An initiative which charged local care home residents with creating new telemetry bags to drive down waste at an Icelandic hospital is a shining example of how circularity can be brought into...

Advisers thinking about adding protection advice to their services should think carefully about the insurer they work with and do good quality research around quotes, propositions and terms of business. This is...

Maintaining consistency across regional markets is a key challenge for the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, according to Christopher Hughes, founder and managing director at Health Well Solutions.  “For me, one...

The insurance sector needs to do more to recognise the harmful effects of vaping in the underwriting processes. This is according to Nicola Draper, research consultant at Crystalise, who addressed delegates on...

Tighter European data legislation could threaten international health insurer business models, the industry has been warned. As a result, insurers face having to gain increased access to data provided by clients and...

Effective rehab can make a "huge" difference to patients, according to Dr Emer McGilloway, clinical lead for rehabilitation services at Cleveland Clinic. Speaking at Health & Protection's third annual IPMI Summit at...

There is going to be a much greater demand on insurers to provide better management information (MI) to employers and advisers in future. This is according to Joanne Buckle, principal and consulting...

While there is a desire among protection insurers to tackle preventative health and provide early intervention, Royal London's main focus has remained on providing financial peace of mind. This is according to...