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Westland Insurance buys Vancouver-based employee benefits adviser
Canadian broker Westland Insurance has acquired Vancouver-based employee benefits adviser Montridge Advisory Group. The acquisition was announced alongside the purchase of Ontario-based P&C brokerage BST Insurance. Jamie Lyons, president & chief operating...
Read moreResearch reveals disconnect between health and wellbeing support on offer and what employees actually want – Towergate
Research from Towergate Health & Protection indicates there is a disconnect between what employees want in terms of health and wellbeing support and what their employer actually offers. The research of 500...
Read moreScottish Widows examining adviser panel for loaded premiums, IP launch next year and annual statements under review – Rose St Louis interview
Scottish Widows is deciding which advisers that use loaded premiums it will work with and believes insurers will be increasing due diligence of intermediaries on the subject. Lloyds Banking Group protection director...
Read moreWTW appoints associate director for new business, health & benefits GB from Bupa
Carl Nording has left Bupa to join WTW as associate director, new business, health & benefits for Great Britain. Nording joined Bupa as direct sales adviser back in January 2015 and progressed...
Read moreHealix ConneX app helps improve employee recovery times by up to 80%
Healix Health Services has revealed that its Healix ConneX app has helped improve employee recovery times by up to 80% by promoting early intervention. The app which launched earlier this year provides...
Read more‘He opened up about how he felt about what was going through his head. I stayed quiet, let him talk’ – why adviser support is vital following harrowing calls
It is vital advisers are given time to talk following a harrowing call, according to Kathryn Knowles, managing director at Cura Financial Services. Knowles (pictured) spoke to Health & Protection ahead of...
Read moreIncome Protection Awareness Week rescheduled to next month following Queen’s passing
The Income Protection Task Force has rescheduled Income Protection Awareness Week to next month following the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II. The IPTF revealed its awareness week will now run between...
Read moreFinancial services sector needs to come together to fight financial crime amid cost of living crisis – FCA
The financial services sector needs to come together to fight the scourge of finanical crime which the Financial Conduct Authority expects to become even more prevalent amid a cost of living crisis....
Read moreMeeting the Queen was only the tiniest of moments – but it now feels extra special – Helmont
Sue Helmont, marketing director at AIG, speaks to Health & Protection about meeting the Queen as a small child following the Monarch's passing at the age of 96. Yesterday evening as the...
Read moreAlmost a third of US cancer patients report trouble paying for health needs
More than three in 10 American cancer patients report trouble paying for their health needs, according to a survey from researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham using data from the Patient Advocate...
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