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Zurich has launched online trusts within its business protection product range as part its move to a digital first offering. The introduction of online trusts mean arrangements can be put in place...

Soaring inflation reaching its highest point for 30 years is straining finances across the country meaning many people are looking to cut outgoing wherever they can. However, insurers have warned that dropping...

The Women in Finance Charter Taskforce has published a series of powerful recommendations to speed-up gender equality amid painfully slow progress within the financial services sector. Women in Finance champion Amanda Blanc...

Global insurance broker Hub International has acquired the assets of US employee benefits agency Western Assurance Corp. An independent agency based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Western Assurance provides insurance solutions, including commercial...

The number of people in the UK suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year has increased by 131,000, according to official data. Office for National Statistics data covering...

Royal London has set a new record for protection claims paid in a single year while new business from its UK protection division grew 44%. Results for the year ended 31 December...

Demand and willingness to pay for private healthcare are growing rapidly in the UK as short-term pressures combined with a long-term decline in NHS funding has begun to show on the public...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has announced the second edition of its Income Protection Awareness Week is set to return from 19 to 23 September. The IPTF confirmed the week will...

Towergate Health & Protection employees are helping to beta test financial wellbeing app ZavFit. The app aims to help people with their money fitness and tackle the impact worrying about finances has...

The financial services regulator has rejected the option of introducing an insurer guided private medical insurance (PMI) staff benefits policy because it leads to a “reduction in choice and convenience”. The Financial...