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FCA seemingly not holding itself to same standards as those it regulates – MPs
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been sharply criticised for failing to hold itself to the same level of accountability as the firms it regulates and for hiding behind collective responsibility. In...
Read moreThe Exeter pays £1.5m enhanced benefits and urges advisers to protect renters
The Exeter has paid more than £1.5m in cash benefit for overnight hospital stays since it increased the level of refund as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Steve Bryan, director of...
Read moreUK may have double the number of long Covid sufferers
The UK may be home to twice the number of long Covid sufferers than first feared, with research suggesting the figure could be as high as two million. The Imperial College London-led...
Read moreZurich revamps recruitment as ethnicity pay gap edges wider
Zurich is revamping its recruitment practices as new data indicates a slight widening of its ethnicity pay gap. Releasing its UK ethnicity pay gap data for 2021, the insurer revealed a mean...
Read moreVitality launches consultant panel with cashback reward
Vitality has overhauled its private medical insurance (PMI) offering including the creation of a panel of consultants which policyholders will be rewarded for using. The insurer said the panel consists of thousands...
Read moreMassMutual appoints head of sustainability
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has appointed Ying Yu as head of sustainability. Yu was most recently senior vice president at property management firm Prologis where she was responsible for the global...
Read moreAmazon Canada launches employee wellbeing platform
Amazon Canada has launched My Wellbeing, an online wellbeing platform offering staff access to a range of physical, mental, social and financial care providers. The online retailer has been widely criticised throughout...
Read moreBrits swap sleep for overtime while ignoring physical health
British people are putting in more overtime while working from home, spending less time sleeping, and neglecting their physical health, according to research. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) (below)...
Read moreFar East seeing ‘overpricing, overtreatment and excess billing’
Insurers are seeing an increase in invoices as hospitals, specialists and dentists in the Far East try to recoup lost income during the Covid pandemic. This is according to Alistair Dickman, head...
Read moreIncome protection awareness week launched to raise product sales
The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is to launch Income Protection Awareness Week - an awareness campaign supported by events running from the 20 – 24 September. The campaign is aimed at...
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