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A serial fraudster who used the identities of his partner, family and colleagues to make 15 fake travel insurance claims worth more than £75,000 has been jailed for 16 months. Joshua Moorcroft...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is requiring its staff to spend at least 40% of their working time each month in the office. Senior leaders are being encouraged to spend a minimum...

Ensuring application, underwriting and purchasing processes are as efficient as possible is vital for advisers to support their product recommendations to clients. But a cocktail of issues such as increased wait times...

NatWest Group has launched menopause support through health app Peppy to its 39,000-strong workforce and its partners in the UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland. The banking group...

Private medical insurance (PMI) has surged in popularity as an employee benefit over the last year, according to XpertHR. Two thirds (65%) of employers surveyed in the latest research said they provided...

Katy Johnston, head of digital transformation at Canada Life, speaks to Health & Protection about being part of a team that managed her company's response to the pandemic, why she still seeks advice...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is recruiting external experts for its new environmental, social and governance (ESG) advisory committee, but is excluding people from firms it regulates. The committee will help the...

Two thirds of women experiencing perimenopause or menopause say their work has been impacted, according to research by MetLife. The insurer quizzed 355 women with 69% saying their work had been detrimentally...

Booming use of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) triggered by the pandemic means there is now a greater importance on the quality of data coming from these services, according to the Worldwide Broker...

Citi Bank is predicting UK inflation could hit a peak of 18% in January if energy prices remain unchecked. Earlier this month the Bank of England forecast inflation would peak at 13%...