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Now is the time for protection insurers allowing intermediaries to use loaded premiums to end this practice, according to LifeSearch chairman Tom Baigrie. Speaking at the advice firm's Awards yesterday, Baigrie (pictured)...

Customers who bought life or critical illness insurance policies through Reassured received more than £50m in claims payments last year. The broker firm said this was an increase of 25% from 2022...

Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) members paid out more than £70m in claims to 7,000 customers in 2023. This compares to £52m in claims in 2022. Part of the increase is linked...

L&C Mortgages has appointed Mark Harrington as CEO subject to regulatory approval. Harrington (pictured), who joined the company in 2003, has held a number of different roles in his time with the...

  Taking life one step at a time made all the difference for Brandon Collins as he attempted to navigate a relationship breakdown while building a new small business. To mark Stress...

Partners& has created three new senior leadership roles as it gears up for the next stage of its growth plan. The internal promotions see Ewan MacDonald appointed CEO – North to lead...

Nearly 25% more working-age adults are expected to be diagnosed with major illness by 2040, according to a report from independent charity the Health Foundation, released today.  That represents an increase of...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has added Guardian onto its protection panel. Guardian offers a range of individual protection insurance products including life insurance, critical illness, combined life and critical illness protection, children’s...

Irish insurance company the Voluntary Health Insurance Board (Vhi) is in the process of retiring four of its health plans, to simplify its offerings to consumers.   The four plans to be...

Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) seems to be going only one way as the population adjusts to a 'new normal' in which NHS wait times remain stubbornly high. Insurers are investing...