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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is planning to cut its compulsory levy by which is paid for by all financial services firms to £70m for the 2024/25 financial year. The figure will...

Insurers are generally optimistic about protection sales levels in the coming years but are split on the scale of premium increases, the Health & Protection Individual and Business Protection Report has found....

The private healthcare sector is on course for a record high in the number of patients being admitted with private medical insurance (PMI) use taking off. Insured patient admissions were up by...

Swiss Life has appointed chief financial officer Matthias Aellig as group CEO. He will succeed Patrick Frost, who will step down on 16 May next year after almost a decade in the...

Alea, Hong Kong-based health insurance and benefits broker, has announced a partnership with Integrated Medicine Institute (IMI), a natural and integrated medicine clinic.  The partnership will see Alea offer personalised insurance advice to...

Allianz Partners has launched international healthcare plans designed specifically for businesses based in Switzerland. Sold through the international health brand Allianz Care and insured by Allianz Partners Switzerland, Allianz says the Suisse+...

Fintel, the parent company of Simplybiz, has acquired Synaptic Software. Synaptic services more than 1,600 advisers, providing due diligence research, compliance tools, and software, including Pathways and Webline, which streamlines clients’ journeys....

Men are more than twice as likely as women to believe they may have a lost or forgotten life insurance policy, according to findings from Gretel. The report which surveyed 2,000 people...

Perception of healthcare is evolving The private healthcare industry has seen a significant rise in patient demand over the past year. This is true across a number of areas, from primary care...

The biggest number of relative excess deaths occurred in young and middle aged adults amid higher than expected instances of cardiovascular, diabetes and acute respiratory diseases. This is according to analysis from...