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More insured patients were treated by private hospitals during the first quarter of 2022 than compared with the same period before the pandemic, according to new billing activity data from Healthcode. The...

Advisers have one week to get their entries in for this year's Health & Protection Awards. To enter all advisers need to do is tell us in 1,000 words or less how...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has announced additional help for insurance professionals to tackle stress. Throughout this National Stress Awareness Month, the institute is encouraging its members to access, at no additional...

Protection cover ranks lowest among the things Brits would sacrifice to pay for essentials as the cost of living crisis intensifies, according to research from MetLife UK. The provider commissioned Censuswide to...

Aviva has updated its Covid underwriting approach to no longer ask customers about recent Covid diagnosis or symptoms. The insurer revealed that from today the following question will no longer be included...

Cigna has retracted its previous statement about continuing to support international private medical insurance (IPMI) customers in Russia and will not confirm if it will provide treatment to its expat members in...

Respondents to Swiss Re's latest Group Watch report are painting a generally positive picture about prospects for growth in the group protection market next year. The annual report, which draws on extensive...

Cirencester Friendly has agreed a long-term partnership with IPipeline to use its SSG Digital platform to replace the society’s existing protection IT platform. The new platform, which will replace the company's current...

Pivoting to online platforms to connect with protection customers in their homes when the pandemic hit helped adviser Robyn Allen engage with a younger demographic. And Allen, owner of Robyn Allen Solutions,...

Investments in health technology firms increased 79% year-on-year in 2021 with mental healh and digital services being the main targets, according to analysis by Hampleton Partners. Its Healthtech M&A Market Report found...