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There is no getting around the fact that cancer treatment is costly. Mindful of these costs, the focus for insurers is firmly on prevention and early diagnosis and a more individualised approach...

Axa has blamed higher health claims frequency in the UK as one of the primary factors behind an 8% decline in life and health earnings for 2023. The insurer's full year results...

Simplyhealth has appointed Paul Schreier as the permanent successor to Sneh Khemka as CEO. A year ago today, Health & Protection first reported that Khemka was stepping down from his position as...

Axa Health has acquired online outpatient service provider HBSUK. HBSUK is one of a number of existing external service providers that Axa Health works with. The insurer committed to build on its...

In a week where protection adviser Raj Chohan (pictured) led her team to victory on The Apprentice, a former colleague has told Health & Protection why her confident performance has come as...

Lloyds Bank has reported an uptick in protection policies sold through its in-branch advisers following mortgage completions. Overall, more than 20,000 families took out protection through the group’s direct channels in 2023,...

More than 102,000 fewer protection policies were sold in 2023 when compared with 2022, according to Gen Re. The reinsurer’s Protection Pulse update for the full year 2023 revealed 102,163 fewer protection...

Zurich Life saw a record-high profit for its life insurance, totalling $2.1bn for 2023, according to its latest results.  Life showed business operating profit of $2,060m in 2023, up from $1,487m in...

LifeSearch has charged its head of expert advice Alan Richardson and people and business leader Chris Mooney with leading its expanded private medical insurance (PMI) advice team. This morning the advice firm...

Insurance start-up Juniper has raised a £1.5m pre-launch investment for its reproductive healthcare insurance offering.  London-based Juniper aims to address a gap in health insurance by providing comprehensive genital insurance for all...