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IHC Employee Benefits SME account manager Tim Clarke speaks to Health & Protection about his second life as the voice of Weston-super-Mare FC (pictured) following the side’s historic FA Cup third round...

Tal Gilbert is to succeed founder Sammy Rubin as CEO of YuLife, with Rubin taking on the role of executive chairman. Gilbert (pictured) will lead YuLife’s next phase of growth, focusing on...

Ascend Broking Group has been bought by European mid-market private equity firm Inflexion which has launched an insurance broking platform with more acquisitions planned.   The Chelmsford, Essex-based broker achieved a hat trick...

Equipsme has appointed Anne-Marie Preston as business development manager (BDM). Preston (pictured) joins the managing general agent's distribution team from Axa Health, who are also the main capacity provider underwriting the physiotherapy,...

Health & Protection rounded out a busy 2025 for the protection market with our Individual and Business Protection Report House of Lords roundtable. The discussion was as animated as the previous 12...

Men would rather their employer gave them flexible working hours to attend cancer tests or treatments, or paid time off for medical appointments over access to private medical insurance (PMI). This is...

General insurance (GI) distributors, which include most health and protection advisers, will see their Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) fees fall to a total £900,000 in the 2026-27 financial year. This is...

Axa Health has appointed Dr Corné Hurter as medical director for services and delivery. Dr Hunter (pictured) joins from HCA UK where she has worked since 2016, in roles such as medical...

The government has been pushed to explore and explain the quality and availability of insurance for people with sickle cell by one of its MPs. Claire Hazelgrove, Labour MP for Filton and...

The launch of ChatGPT Health marks another step in the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and similar technologies into the health information space. However, advisers have raised concerns about individuals sharing personal data...