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New Jersey broker and employee benefits consultant Conner Strong & Buckelew has acquired Pennsylvania-based Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll. Launched in the 1950s, Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll specialises benefit plan solutions, including managing...

AIG has launched the initial public offering of its life and retirement business that will see it sold off as a separate entity. Last month the insurer announced it was deferring the...

Dr Thérèse Coffey has been appointed secretary of state for health and social care. Coffey (pictured) succeeds Steve Barclay, who has only held the post since July when he took over from...

Vitality paid out a total of £82.8m in protection claims in 2021, with a total of 2,012 claims paid across its life and terminal illness, serious illness and income protection products, according...

Vitality's health and life businesses have helped to drive a 22% increase in new business for parent company Discovery in the UK on the previous year, according to audited results for the...

Entrepreneurs Toby Cannon and Michael McCreadie have launched Myles Wellbeing, a platform providing inclusive physical wellbeing for desk-based workers. The platform builds on the original Myles app which was launched during the...

Australian life insurer MLC Insurance has promoted Lesley Mamelok to chief finance officer effective 28 October 2022. Mamelok joined MLC Limited in April last year and is currently the firm's deputy CFO...

Improving people's access to their own medical records, removing insurance premium tax on private medical insurance premiums and tackling the cost of living crisis should be the top priorities for the UK's...

Aviva is introducing additional specialist intervention and rehabilitation support for employees living with cardiac or neurological conditions with group income protection. Following on from launch of its neurodiversity clinical intervention claims pathway...

The UK's new prime minister has been told to deliver on tax breaks for protection and health insurance. Earlier this afternoon, Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee, revealed...