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Pacific Life Re has appointed Jia Yi Tan as global chief underwriting and claims officer, based in the company’s Singapore office.  She succeeds Andrew Doran who has taken on the role of...

PIB has hired Samuel Marriott to the newly created role of business protection adviser. PIB told Health & Protection the newly created role reflects the company’s growth and investment in its individual...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is to introduce weekly income protection (IP) focused training content delivered by its AI service with the first session set for next Wednesday (14 January). The...

Vitality has promoted Dr Katie Tryon to deputy CEO for VitalityHealth. Previously chief commercial director for health at Vitality, the newly-created role sees Dr Tryon (pictured) take on additional responsibilities in strategic...

Jensten Group has acquired Mediprotect Healthcare for an undisclosed sum. The deal coincides with the acquisitions of commercial brokers Broker One, and Coversure Dudley with all three deals subject to FCA approval....

Improving sleep habits could cut mortality risk by almost a quarter and add up to four years to an individual’s life expectancy, according to research from Vitality and the London School of...

The Exeter is increasing payments for members’ in-patient NHS stays and is adding a new day-patient benefit for eligible NHS day-case treatments. It is also removing the excess deduction for these benefits....

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Alan Richardson to the newly created role of head of protection excellence. Richardson (pictured) joins from LifeSearch where he spent 12 years - holding the roles...

Ella Downes, healthcare renewals broker at Ascend Broking Group and Health & Protection’s Outstanding Newcomer 2025 (pictured centre right), speaks about being introduced to the world of insurance at school, a talent...

The majority (59%) of Britons are now using artificial intelligence (AI) services to self-diagnose, however, only one in 10 (11%) claimed doing so helped significantly.  Of those using new technologies for their...