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Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) reported a 21% increase in revenue through protection and general insurance commission during the first six months of 2023. The advice firm reported £44.9m income through insurance commission...

Health insurers have issued a warning to intermediaries that advice practices must change, particularly around front-loaded commission and member medical history disclosure. The statements were included in Health & Protection’s latest Individual...

Reassured is introducing a standardised online trust form for new life and critical illness customers. The broker firm has so far secured agreements with six protection insurers to support the initiative –...

There appears to be a narrowing of the 'insurance gap' between the insured and uninsured private medical treatment, according to analysis from Broadstone. Data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) showed...

UK employees were absent an average of 7.8 days over the past year according to survey findings from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). That represents the highest level the...

AIG Life's exit from the UK protection market is sad news for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and customers' with families alike. This is according to advisers Health & Protection spoke with...

Legal & General Group Protection has made ONIX – its digital quote, buy and renew platform – more accessible to small and medium businesses (SMBs) by opening it up to a new...

Access Financial Services (Access FS) has today launched an in-house digital marketing and lead generation platform for its team of mortgage and protection advisers.  Following its acquisition of Crazy Nerds, a boutique...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation setting new reporting requirements aimed at improving diversity and inclusion across the financial services sector. In particular the proposals focus on boosting diversity...

Aviva has acquired AIG Life UK from AIG subsidiary Corebridge Financial for £460m. AIG Life UK provides a full suite of individual and group protection products. It had 1.3 million individual protection...