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Advice firm LifeSearch has published a report which strongly criticises broker firms operating a non-advised human sales process and those insurers most supporting that process. The report includes independently conducted mystery shopping...

Axa Global Healthcare has appointed Xavier Lestrade as CEO, replacing Tom Wilkinson who is stepping down on 1 May. Lestrade is currently global head of employee benefits for Axa Domestic Markets and...

MyLifeKit is set to launch LifeScore, a new app which merges health-related, environment and world data and credit-related data to offer users a score of a person’s life based on their physiological...

Aviva's protection & health business saw profits rise 21% year-on-year, according to the insurer's full year 2021 results. The group's results released this morning, reveal its protection & health business posted operating...

Private healthcare providers who fail to re-employ unvaccinated workers could face claims for unfair dismissal, an employment lawyer has warned. The warning follows government's confirmation that it would be removing the legal...

There are no signs that the lost ground in critical illness claims over the pandemic is being made up, according to Craig Paterson, chief underwriter at Royal London. Speaking to Health &...

Scottish Widows has appointed Ranila Ravi-Burslem as intermediary distribution director working across its Scottish Widows and Embark brands. Ravi-Burslem (pictured) joins from Aviva where she was workplace savings & retirement distribution director....

HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Soraya Chamberlain as vice president of corporate sales. Chamberlain, who joins from Axa Health where she was director of its corporate division, is a former director of...

Protection distributor Enduralife has agreed a partnership with lead certification specialist Contact State which means all new protection leads bought by Enduralife will be certified by Contact State including independent certification, real...

Willis Towers Watson has appointed Pardeep Bassi to the newly created role of global proposition leader in data science within its insurance consulting and technology business. In his new role Bassi will...