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State benefits for people diagnosed with a terminal illness are to be expanded in capacity and increased in value after long-running campaigns. From next year the required diagnosis for eligibility for terminal...

Economic secretary to the Treasury and City minister John Glen has demanded a “real commitment to tangible action” from the financial services industry to improve the diversity of its population. Glen added...

A Suffolk independent mental health service has launched a recruitment drive in response to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating it inadequate for the second time in four months. The St John’s...

A mask wearing policy seems to becoming redundant as more and more advisers embrace flexible working. Earlier this week, Health & Protection quizzed insurers up and down the country to find out...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds Bank General Insurance more than £90m for failing to ensure language within millions of home insurance renewals communications during an eight-year period was 'clear,...

Spire Healthcare has issued a direct rebuttal to a Glass Lewis report which questioned the firm’s decision to accept a £1.4bn merger from Ramsay Healthcare. The letter from the Spire board rejected...

Technology provider UnderwriteMe has appointed Simon Jacobs to the newly created role of business development director. Jacobs (pictured) has worked in the life and health industry for more than 25 years, most...

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services has launched a public consultation to enable people to share their opinion about the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In an...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is launching a membership consultation on the future of the body and its representative societies including the Personal Finance Society (PFS). This follows a failed attempt by...

Some insurers are considering encouraging employees to wear face masks even after the legal obligation to do is removed. Earlier this week, prime minister Boris Johnson said that while a final decision...