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Cirencester Friendly paid 94% of new income protection (IP) claims made in 2025, down slightly from 95.8% in 2024. According to the mutual’s claims report for 2025, the total number of IP...

Breast and prostate cancer were the two cancers members sought most help with in the first nine months of Benenden Health’s tie-in with Reframe Cancer. Data taken from 1 July 2025 to...

Bupa is integrating Skin Analytics’ Derm AI system into its at-home skin assessment service for moles and lesions.  After contacting Bupa about a concerning mole or lesion, customers receive a kit containing...

Voting for the Health & Protection International PMI Provider Service Ratings 2026 will close next week and we want to hear from intermediaries around the world. You can vote to recognise those...

Canada Life is introducing specialist cancer support from Perci Health for all its group critical illness (CI) members with immediate effect and no additional cost. Members with a cancer diagnosis will be...

Artificial intelligence (AI) will benefit the protection industry but “human intelligence will still make a difference” the LifeSearch Awards heard. LifeSearch chief information officer Chris Payne said AI needs to be taken...

International employee benefits consultancy and broker HW International has rebranded to Dubois, bringing its European and Australian operations together under a single global identity. In Australia, this includes a company name change...

Stress is an increasingly common condition, with just shy of one million cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety reported for 2023–24 by the UK Health & Safety Executive. From an employer...

Holloway Friendly and Wiltshire Friendly have announced a proposal to merge subject to regulatory approval. This is the second merger of UK mutuals announced this year following OneFamily and Scottish Friendly's merger...

Health & Protection is delighted to announce Bupa as the headline sponsor of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026. Bupa commercial director Richard Norris said: “The UK Health & Protection Awards...