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Aviva hits 1 million health customers in record quarter for sales
Aviva’s UK health and protection business recorded a 5% increase in profits to £590m in Q3 2021, up from £562m in the same period last year. The insurer reported that while overall...
Read moreHealth and protection advisers dodge £61m FSCS levy hit but will be biggest bail out funders next year
Advisers working in the health and protection insurance markets have been given a reprieve from an additional £61m bill by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) this year, but will be the...
Read moreTreasury gives FCA powers post-Brexit but will compel rule reviews
The UK government is consulting on proposals which would give the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) sweeping new powers to set rules replacing EU law. The Future Regulatory...
Read moreHCB sets sights on Sub-Saharan Africa expansion following SA launch
HCB has set its sights on extending services to all of sub Saharan Africa following its launch into South Africa (SA). Earlier this week the Oxfordshire-based firm announced it had opened an...
Read moreOccupational medics slam government for unsafe pregnant worker advice, failing to address sick pay and lack of Covid leadership
The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has issued a stinging rebuke to the UK government on its leadership for workplace health during the pandemic and warning that its latest guidance for pregnant...
Read moreEx-Bright Grey founder and Guardian exec Andy Peters joins Cirencester Friendly
Cirencester Friendly has appointed Andy Peters as interim director of distribution and sales. Peters has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry including co-founding protection insurer Bright Grey which...
Read moreFear of judgement stopping global employees using health benefits – Aetna
Fear of judgement is stopping employees from opening up about health concerns and using benefit schemes, according to research from Aetna International. The insurer's survey of 3,520 workers across the UAE, UK,...
Read moreBupa opens clinics in Rutherford cancer centres
Cancer care provider Rutherford Health has partnered with Bupa to open wider health clinics within its cancer centres . The move offers customers access to services such as private GP appointments, health...
Read moreSerial fraudster given two-year sentence for fake £130k cancer insurance claims
A serial fraudster has been sentenced to two years in prison after being caught claiming she had terminal cancer in an attempt to defraud her insurer out of more than £130,000. Gemma...
Read morePrivate hospitals must ensure frontline workers are fully vaccinated
Private hospitals will be required to ensure frontline workers are fully vaccinated by the spring under plans announced by health and social care secretary Sajid Javid this afternoon. The rules will apply...
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