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Advisers believe that research indicating women put more emphasis on building relationships with clients' families only underlines the importance of ensuring gender balance within the profession. Health & Protection spoke to a...

Four in 10 insurance businesses across the global have reassessed their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals due to social trends such as the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements. This is...

Digital health platform Peppy has expanded its women's health service offering to mirror it's men's service. The service now extends to gynaecology, contraception, sex, nutrition, exercise, common conditions including PCOS, endometriosis, breast...

  March 21-27 marks the annual Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Here’s why it matters for your clients. The term neurodiversity refers to the way that everyone’s brains naturally work differently from one another....

Cigna Europe has added two cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) products - Cigna CCBT and Elevate - to its mental health proposition. Elevate is an extended clinical intervention programme designed to address the...

Health Shield Friendly Society has appointed experienced HR consultant Jacqui Carr, as its new chief executive. The cash plan provider revealed Carr has played a key role in reengineering the firm's approach...

Medicash sold more than 122,000 new policies in 2021, it's highest figure in one year, according to data from the health insurer. The data also revealed the firm started 2022 with a...

The corporate private medical insurance (PMI) market is poised for growth as the pandemic has triggered significant expansion from organisations who “finally understand” the value of health benefits. However, the industry still...

Howden is warning the industry to beware of “really crap” health and wellbeing apps as Siemens is calling for insurers and advisers to give employers more support on which ones to use....

Aviva has made a series of changes to its individual protection underwriting process including increasing its medical evidence age and sum assured thresholds and relaxing its Covid policy. On individual income protection...