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More than four in 10 employees have suffered a financial shock over the past two years such as a cut in hours, significant medical expenses or being a victim of fraud, according...

The advised versus non-advised debate currently bubbling away in the industry is a fascinating one. Is this a battle between the dark side and the light, or between innovators trying to push...

Juliette Meads, national account manager at Vitality, speaks to Health & Protection about having insurance in the blood, suffering from imposter syndrome and why she models herself on the Queen of the...

Access Financial Services has recruited its one hundredth adviser after being founded five years ago and is targeting a further doubling of its workforce. The protection and mortgage advice firm was founded...

Quintus Bekker, operations efficiency champion at Vitality, speaks to Health & Protection about not being comfortable talking about his other half, changing attitudes in the sector and the importance of having a...

Female representation among senior management in the financial services industry has stagnated with little progress made in 2021, according to the annual review of the Women in Finance Charter. The government’s Women...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not believe the financial services sector is diverse and inclusive and emphasised that diversity and inclusion is a good thing for firms and the markets they...

The Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (GAIN) has begun working with specialist neurological occupational therapy provider Krysalis. The partnership will see Krysalis working together with those insurers that have signed...

Bupa and HCA Healthcare are combining on a specialist bowel cancer diagnosis and treatment pathway for the insurer’s members. Specialist centres have been formed at three hospitals in London which will offer...

Aviva is returning £81m to its private medical insurance (PMI) customers after claims and treatment were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The payments amount to around six weeks’ worth of premiums for...