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There is less than one month until the first Health & Protection IPMI Summit kicks off with further high-profile speakers confirmed to the packed schedule. The exclusive event for advisers and intermediaries...

New income protection (IP) claims declined in 2021 but there were more long-term payments and the cost of claims increased, according to data from the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM). AFM data...

Insurance industry leaders can help neurodivergent people just by asking how they can accommodate their needs, one employee in the sector has revealed. Maxim Cook, company secretary administrator at international insurer Tokio...

The financial services industry needs to do more to create "psychologically safe" environments in order to better attract neurodivergent talent, according to Georgina Philippou senior adviser for equality at the Financial Conduct...

A financial adviser who had debts of more than £300,000 after conducting the improper sale of insurance policies has been handed a nine-year bankruptcy order. Marc Jones, 42, from Whitchurch in Cardiff,...

Going through the menopause has had an adverse effect on the careers of many working women, according to research from Canada Life. The survey of 155 working women aged 45-65 who are...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Laura Dawes and Dominic Cashman as directors of authorisation and is reforming its process to speed up decision-making. The regulator has faced complaints from the...

Axa Health has launched an app for large corporate schemes bringing together physical and mental wellbeing assessments with onward recommendations and coaching programmes, line-manager support, and relevant clinical services. The free app...

Healthcare trust provider Healix Health Services has launched a low cost employer digital health benefit Healix ConneX. The solution, which is designed to bridge the gap between no healthcare offering at all...

Shepherds Friendly paid out 95% of income protection (IP) claims received in 2021 and has paid an average of 95% of claims over the past five years. The greatest number of claims...