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The latest Swiss Re Term and Health Watch report highlighted an alarming reduction in income protection (IP) policies sold to those with manual occupations or the self-employed over the last year. Products sold...

Prospect Hospice in Swindon has been rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after making "significant" improvements and recovering from enforcement action and warning notices just two years ago. The...

Employers who fail in their duty of care to provide menopause support for staff could face claims for unfair dismissal or discrimination, according to an employment lawyer. Research from health wellness platform...

People around the world will on average spend 10 years in ill health during their lifetimes, a rise of 15% in the last 30 years according to research from Vitality and Rand...

Square Health has gone live with advice firm Assured Futures as its first client through a partnership with Swiss Re’s Iptiq white-label insurance provider proposition. The deal means firms operating through the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned regulated financial advisers to ensure remote working staff know they could face visits at home from the regulator. New expectations on remote working set out...

Employee benefits platform and consultancy Bravo Benefits has joined group risk industry body Grid. Wojciech Dochan, co-founder and managing director of Bravo Benefits, said: "As customers’ needs change, it’s important to be...

Insurance broker firm Partners& has appointed Marcia Reid as managing partner for wellbeing, engagement and benefits. Reid (pictured) was most recently managing director of the health and protection division of Stackhouse Poland...

David Steward (pictured) has retired from healthcare multinational Centene's board of directors. Steward, the billionaire co founder and chairman of St Louis-based technology services provider World Wide Technology, has served on Centene's...

Financial services is still “horrendously jargon-filled” despite years of improvements and this is putting people off engaging with their financial needs, according to Standard Life. However, the provider noted people who did...