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Unum UK has revealed it has surpassed two million employees insured across its product range for the first time. The figure includes insured employees covered by group income protection, group critical illness,...

The director of an Ayrshire health and wellbeing company has been banned from acting as a director for 10 years after fraudulently claiming a £30,000 government Bounce Back Loan (BBL). Monica Coyle...

The number of people in the UK suffering long Covid symptoms for more than a year has rocketed above the one million mark for the first time, according to official figures. Latest...

Eight in 10 UK employees have cut spending on routine healthcare costs, according to a snapshot survey by Health Shield Friendly Society. The survey carried out by Health Shield last month among...

Advice firm Oneglobal has appointed Huichih Ko as executive director. Based in Taiwan, Ko will be working closely with the Asia Leadership team in growing the Asian business. A veteran insurance practitioner,...

Guardian has launched on UnderwriteMe’s protection platform sourcing system. The platform allows advisers to compare fully underwritten buy-now quotes on multiple products from a range of providers. Guardian said the partnership would...

The founder of Peachy has told Health & Protection that the start-up health insurer expects to roll out its group product by early April 2023 at the latest and revealed why the...

The Consumer Duty and the continuing cost of living crisis are among the key challenges facing advisers at the moment. But Health & Protection has found advisers are rising to these challenges...

Axa, Aon, HCA Healthcare and LfieWorks are among the companies that have come together to drive development and adoption of the global Mental Health at Work Index. The index includes a standardised...

Less than half of workers who are worried about potential lost income following personal illness or injury are doing anything about it by applying for income protection (IP), according to research from...