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Junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly for strike action with a 72-hour work stoppage already in the works for next month. The British Medical Association (BMA) said it was the largest...

Research from Royal London has revealed the toll of the pandemic on the nation, with the vast majority of people reporting they experienced events affecting their mental health and feeling they were...

Canada Life has launched MyStrength, a mental wellbeing app for all employees of companies that have a protection policy with the insurer - including those staff not directly covered by the scheme....

Sales director Robert Smith is leaving Freedom Health Insurance after almost two decades with the insurer. In a statement the insurer said Smith (pictured) was leaving after 19 years at the company...

Unum UK is adding further services to its Help@hand app, including unlimted mental health support for mild to moderate issues. From 3 April the suite of services being added to the app...

Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) has acquired Visibly Financial Services which trades as Visibly Health and, separately, a book of business controlled by self-employed consultant Gill Nicholson. These latest deals follow the November...

Allianz has noted an uptick in its international private medical insurance (IPMI) business last year, which it said was one of the main drivers of financial improvement in its property and casualty...

At the beginning of the year, economists predicted the UK will face one of the worst recessions and weakest recoveries in the G7 in the coming year. Price rises, high inflation and...

The cost to deliver advice should be the key driver to adviser charges under the Consumer Duty's price and value outcome, according to Paradigm Protect. The distributor highlighted key questions the Financial...

Voting for the Health & Protection International PMI Provider Service Ratings 2023 will close next week and we want to hear from intermediaries around the world. You can vote to recognise those...