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The number of people using private healthcare for non‑urgent treatment and diagnostics has almost doubled in the past two years, according to Healthwatch England. One in seven people in the UK, or...

LifeSearch is providing Skipton Building Society members with life and wider protection insurance advice. The move comes as the society moves from a single-tie arrangement to a broker model. Skipton’s members will...

Certua Life has entered the UK individual life insurance market with a group offering expected to follow. The company told Health & Protection that it will operate on a non-advised basis and...

Voting for the Health & Protection International PMI Provider Service Ratings 2026 is open and we want to hear from intermediaries around the world. You can vote to recognise those IPMI insurers...

Sustainability, growth and the all-encompassing expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and new technologies were the key themes to come out of the World of America Convention 2026. The convention brought together one...

Costa Rica stands out as a growing market with great upside for international private medical insurance (IPMI), according to Jeiko Navarro, general manager for Costa Rica at World of America. Navarro, who...

Protection insurance providers need to shake-up how they report critical illness claims statistics to better reflect the realities of their customers. This is according to Adam Higgs, head of protection at St...

Advisers should overcome objections from compliance teams over recommending two joint life policies by focusing on the value to the end customer rather than the cost. This is according to Clive Mayne,...

Health & Protection’s Global Mobility & Health Summit is just two months away and will bring together leaders from the global mobility and international health sector for two days. The Global Mobility...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England dropped to 7.2 million at the end of January, according to official data. This was the third consecutive month with a...