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Cirencester Friendly is promoting finance director Andy Morris to CEO, succeeding Paul Hudson who announced his impending retirement last year after 26 years. Morris (pictured) has held senior positions within Nationwide, RBS...

LV= paid a record £119m in protection claims in 2021 to more than 9,000 claimants and their families, with 96% of all individual protection claims made being approved. This compares to £117.8m...

Phil Jeynes is responding to the report and independent research published by advice firm LifeSearch last month about the quality of non-advised protection sales.   According to Swiss Re’s 2021 Term and...

Royal London has made a number of changes to its non-medical limits for income protection (IP) which are aimed at speeding up the process for offering cover to customers and its straight...

Businesses should consider a four-day working week and regulate working hours to promote a healthy work-life balance supporting mental and physical health, University College London (UCL) is recommending. The university also called...

British Friendly has overhauled its income protection (IP) application processand extended its maximum earnings limit and benefit payment. The insurer has cut its online medical and lifestyle questionnaire to nine compulsory questions...

RSA Insurance chief financial officer and interim CEO of RSA UK and International Charlotte Jones is joining Aviva as CFO from 5 September. Jones has held a number of roles over her...

Leaders in Oncology Care (LOC) at The Christie Private Care, part of HCA Healthcare UK's long-standing partnership with the NHS, has been rated 'outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Located in Manchester,...

Consumers should seek regulated advice rather than listen to 'finfluncers' when making important financial decisions, according to LifeSearch chairman Tom Baigrie. Recent years have given rise to the 'finfluencer' - an influencer...

Bupa Global & UK has partnered with charity Tommy's on its pregnancy and parenting at work programme to provide support to Bupa employees on their journey to parenthood. The charity researches the...