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The UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 is now open for adviser entries. This year’s awards include new categories to specifically recognise the achievements of smaller firms and individual excellence. The Best...

Sodexo UK and Ireland has engaged Spectrum.Life to provide a revamped employee assistance programme (EAP) digital wellbeing service for the organisation's staff. Sodexo has provided an EAP to staff since 2015. However...

Julie Godley is succeeding Craig Brown as director of intermediary at Legal & General Insurance, leading the insurer’s distribution of protection products through advisers. Godley is taking the role on an interim...

A booming housing market is leading to an increase in protection sales and advisers say it is now easier to have conversations with mortgage customers due to concerns around the pandemic. But...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Direct Line Group CEO Penny James as chairwoman of its practitioner panel. James (pictured) has been a panel member since September 2020 and will take...

Rutherford Health, an independent provider of advanced cancer care in the UK, has offered its treatment and diagnostic services to the NHS on a not-for-profit basis for the next three years. The...

Sun Life US has appointed Irlande Audenier (pictured) as vice president for group and voluntary claims. In her new role, Audenier will provide strategic direction for the group claims organisation and also...

Professional services and consultancy firm Moray Group has launched a new financial arm which will offer protection insurance and mortgage advice. The Moray Financial division will be led by newly appointed managing...

The Santé Group has promoted Tony Ford to the board of its life insurance business, Santé Life. Ford (pictured) started with Nugent Santé as a consultant in 2014 before moving into Santé...

Spectrum.Life has secured a contract to provide digital health and wellbeing support to members of health insurer Benenden Health. It is the company's first deal with a UK insurer. Under the contract,...