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The Exeter paid out 4% more in income protection (IP) claims in 2021 despite a 31% drop in volumes driven by a decline in Covid claims. The protection and health insurer's IP...

A free online hub which reconnects consumers with their lost and dormant accounts including life insurance, pensions and investments, has gone live today. The Gretel hub claims to reconnect consumers with lost...

Royal London is extending its Underwrite Later facility to higher value life and and whole of life policies. The option has been extended to life cover on personal menu plans with a...

The Worldwide Broker Network has appointed Benjamin Verlingue, director of international subsidiaries at French insurance broker, Verlingue to its board of directors, effective immediately. Verlingue has been director of international subsidiaries at...

Mental wellbeing has been a key focus for employers across the globe in the past year, according to the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) 2022 wellbeing report. Mental wellbeing saw the most investment...

Andrew Doran is to succeed Warren Copp as chief underwriter at Pacific Life Re. Copp, who is retiring at the end of the year, was a founding member of Pacific Life Re's...

Four in 10 UK adults expect their finances to worsen over the next three months, according to research from LV=. The mutual's Wealth and Wellbeing Monitor found 42% of respondents predicting their...

Advisers operating in the health and protection insurance markets face an increase of 3.2% in their annual fees paid to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This rise is in addition to the...

Aetna International is exiting the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market around the world aside from the Americas, with the process starting next month. In the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)...

The number of people in the UK suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year has increased by 99,000 taking the total past three-quarters of a million, according to...