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Axa is to acquire Irish health insurer Laya Healthcare from AIG subsidiary Corebridge Financial in a €650m deal. Laya commands around 28% of the Irish health insurance market, serving close to 700,000...

The thought of using a phone or tablet to see a local GP may have appeared completely alien for some people pre-pandemic, but that has all changed as demand for virtual GP...

  We’re excited to announce our next benefit to deliver on our commitment to be better for business. Well Health will be available from January 2024 to all corporate customers with 50+...

Debbie Kennedy, CEO of LifeSearch, Phil Zeidler, co-founder of DeadHappy, and Simon Sheldon, former head of transformation at Canada Life, have joined Tabei's advisory board. The trio have been appointed to support...

Protection sales at the Primis advice network and TMA mortgage club held up in the first six months of 2023 despite a highly unstable mortgage market. However, LSL Property Services which owns...

As the NHS waiting list grows to more than 7.5 million people, the government has announced that it will push ahead with its plan to use the private sector to a greater...

Young advisers have told Health & Protection about how they believe critical illness (CI ) should evolve ahead of the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first product on 6 August....

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first critical illness policy on 6 August, Health & Protection speaks to four of the protection sector's leading lights to chart...

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first critical illness (CI) product on 6 August, Health & Protection speaks to Johnny Timpson about meeting Dr Marius Barnard -...

Royal London’s new business sales of protection products fell by 35% year-on-year, according to the mutual's interim results for H1 2023. The results reveal new business from protection fell to £11m in...