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Employers would be well advised to continue to encourage the wearing of masks if government isn't prepared to mandate their use, according to the co-founder of Square Health. Dr Bippon Vinayak, the...

Towergate Health & Protection has partnered with CBT Clinics to offer clients mental health training programmes for their line managers and employees. The training, which focuses on the prevent, detect, and treat...

Claims Consortium Group (CCG) director of operations and third party administration Claire Lashbrook has joined the advisory board of the Society of Claims Professionals. The society is the professional body within the...

Software provider IPipeline has agreed a long-term partnership with insurer and financial services provider OneFamily. IPipeline's SSG Digital platform will replace the mutual's existing savings, investments, and protection platform, which will be...

HDI Global Specialty has entered the private medical insurance (PMI) and international IPMI markets and has appointed underwriter Ben Haden from Generali to launch the operation. The firm, which is a joint...

Most life insurers say they currently use little or no automation, according to a survey from Willis Towers Watson. The Actuarial Reporting Automation survey quizzed life and property and casualty (P&C) insurers...

Healthtech firm Hexarad has secured £1.7m capital investment from private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group as part of a £2.3m funding round. The healthcare technology company, which provides teleradiology services...

A programme which enables 'career break' professionals to return to the insurance sector has proven so successful that its organisers are considering renewing it for a new batch of recruits later this...

Insurance service provider Phoenix Group has agreed to sell Ark Life Assurance Company to Irish Life Group for €230m (£197m). Ark Life is a closed book business which manages heritage savings and...

Owl Financial, The Openwork Partnership’s protection advice business, has improved its gender balance and recruited more than 165 advisers in the first half of this year. The firm said a major focus...