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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to give its workers a guaranteed minimum pay increase of 4.5% from April, with an average pay raise of 6.5%. In a letter to trade union...

John Bissell is to retire from his role as chief operating officer (COO) and board member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in early April after more than six years with the...

Dentists' Provident paid out £5.6m to members in 2022 having received nearly 60% more new claims than in 2021, according to the dental income protection (IP) provider's claims stats for 2022. The...

Doctor Care Anywhere Group has appointed its second interim CEO in the space of six months. In a statement the healthcare provider revealed it is welcoming back former chief financial officer Ben...

Continuing our series of profiles with Health & Protection Awards 2022 winners, Towergate Health & Protection principal health and wellbeing consultant Paul Bridges explains how employers are taking a wider look at...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is calling for payments from insurance products including lifetime health and social care cover to be excluded from local authority financial assessments under government's plan for...

Effective credible environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies implemented by financial services firms could potentially be linked to remuneration, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted. It also expects firms to account...

Health secretary Steve Barclay is yet to file evidence to the pay review body for NHS doctors and dentists despite the organisation warning him about being late 10 days ago and highlighting...

Trusts are failing the mass market as a way of securing death benefit payments, especially as the number of cohabitees increases, Swiss Re is warning. The reinsurer’s latest research suggests around one...

The share of UK adults using private medical insurance (PMI) has nearly doubled in the past year as waits for NHS treatment remain at record levels. Almost one in four adults are...