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SM Advice has appointed Chris Miles as managing director as founder Setul Mehta is taking on a more strategic position. Miles (pictured) joins from The Openwork Partnership, where he has held a...

A third of UK workers do not use their workplace health benefits at all and when they do many find them hard to access, according to research from Simplyhealth. Its survey of...

Aviva is expanding its health risk assessments and tying-in customer progress towards personal health goals to earning the 15% discount. The moves are part of updates to its MyHealthCounts benefit which the...

There has always been an inextricable link between the world of mortgages and protection insurance, so when Naomi Greatorex, managing director of Heath Protection Solutions, wanted to find a rich source of...

Bupa is offering a free mini health check to individuals and couples who take out a new health insurance policy until the end of September. Throughout August and September, Bupa Health Clinics...

Christine Husbands is leaving her full time position at RedArc from 17 August after 15 years with the business. She is setting-up her own consultancy business which will include some work with...

Axa's life and health protection businesses delivered an 8% increase in gross written premiums (GWP) and other revenues in the first six months of 2025 the global insurer revealed. The insurer said...

More than half of young adults have protection cover in place, according to research by Vitality. The insurer also found around half of Generation X and Millennials, typically aged 44 or below,...

Spire Healthcare has bought Physiolistic, a physiotherapy business operating multiple clinics in the Thames Valley area, for an initial £5.2m. The firm provides physiotheraphy services to all major insurance providers, including Axa...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued detailed information requests to more than 30 insurers and intermediaries as research for its pure protection market study. The regulator is also conducting consumer research...