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Respondents to Swiss Re's latest Group Watch report are painting a generally positive picture about prospects for growth in the group protection market next year. The annual report, which draws on extensive...

Cirencester Friendly has agreed a long-term partnership with IPipeline to use its SSG Digital platform to replace the society’s existing protection IT platform. The new platform, which will replace the company's current...

Pivoting to online platforms to connect with protection customers in their homes when the pandemic hit helped adviser Robyn Allen engage with a younger demographic. And Allen, owner of Robyn Allen Solutions,...

Investments in health technology firms increased 79% year-on-year in 2021 with mental healh and digital services being the main targets, according to analysis by Hampleton Partners. Its Healthtech M&A Market Report found...

Britons have admitted to cancelling insurance policies due to the adverse impact of rising inflation, according to research by LV=. The insurer's quarterly survey of 4,000 UK adults, found 5% of respondents...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty should act as the "ultimate nudge" for insurers to deliver fair outcomes to cohabitees following the death of their partner. Speaking at the Protection Review's...

Cleveland Clinic has opened Cleveland Clinic London Hospital at 33 Grosvenor Place in central London. The eight-story facility is is Cleveland Clinic’s second in London, following the opening of Cleveland Clinic Portland...

St James's Place divisional director Tony Müdd has accused some non-advised protection broker firms of playing on customer confusion around the difference between advised and non-advised sales. Müdd also slammed the Financial...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consumer duty does not give any "wriggle room" for firms who think loaded premiums are acceptable, according to Tony Müdd, divisional director at St James' Place. Müdd...

Greater flexibility in product design is key to future proofing protection which could lead to annually renewable premiums and the ability to vary payments. Katie Crook-Davies, co-chairwoman of the Income Protection Task...