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Holloway Friendly has introduced a guide and training for advisers to make their communications easier to understand and more engaging. The free adviser guide is supplemented by interactive training sessions which firms...

Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company has appointed Daniel King as regional sales director for western New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia within its distribution and business development department. King will be responsible...

Medical insurers in the United States may soon have to change their approach to mental health care, as US president Joe Biden has called them out for making it too difficult for...

Aviva is offering medical diagnostic services as an employee benefit to a test group of its employees. The pilot follows an agreement between diagnostic imaging platform Scan and digital health provider HealthKey....

Financial regulators in the UK have removed a proposal for a £10,000 cap on compensatory payments for those who have complaints about their actions. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential Regulation...

Three-quarters of employees have delayed visits to the dentist in the last year with fears about employer push back being a key factor. Research by Bupa found 73% of the 2,049 UK...

Scottish Widows has increased the probate threshold on life insurance claims and investments from £50,000 to £150,000. The insurer told Health & Protection that at least 10% of life insurance claimants each...

International private medical insurance (IPMI) premiums have been increasing in Dubai largely due to higher demand for medical services as the economy returns to life after Covid.  Dubai, a part of the...

Ashley Hill, protection expert at London & Country Mortgages, speaks to Health & Protection about leaving the world of furniture for insurance, taking inspiration from his captains of industry parents, overcoming exam...

More than a third of working age people are suffering prolonged physical or mental health issues and the number with many issues has soared in the last four years. Musculoskeletal (MSK) and...