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Zurich saw a 23 per cent increase in the value of life, critical illness and income protection payouts made in 2020, compared to the previous year, with life claims up by 27...

Tunstall Healthcare has appointed experienced industry figure Peter Nicklin as its new chair.  Tunstall is a leading player in the tele-health market, with the Doncaster-based company and now provides digital health and...

How popular are directional-care plans?  These plans are becoming increasingly popular. There are no official figures, but I imagine they will account for between a quarter and a third of all new...

One year on from the first Covid lockdown, nearly four out of five workers are still working from home, at least part of the time, according to research from Axa.  Of those...

It’s not just Hollywood that has an awards season. That time is upon us in the health and protection industry too. The anticipation of glory, which can go alongside the fear of...

Succession Employee Benefit Solutions is the latest intermediary firm to join industry body Group Risk Development (Grid). The firm, which the employee benefits division of Succession Wealth, said joining Grid would give...

Scottish Widows has added a new virtual GP service to its Protect product.  The service, which is offered through Square Health, is available via an app and offers customers access to virtual...

More than 8m 22-44 year-olds are considering income protection and 7 per cent of this age group have acquired a protection product in the last three months, according to research from protection...

Amazon is entering the medical care and patient advice market in the United States, with a 24/7 service that offers in-app chat or video conference diagnosis, home visits and wellbeing services. Amazon...

 Stuart Scullion, who has led the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) for six years, has announced his decision to stand down as the organisation's executive chairman. Scullion will step down...