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AIG Life has announced a series of changes to its underwriting to make it quicker and easier for people who may have suffered with mental ill-health to buy protection insurance. The moves...

Royal London has announced a number of changes focusing on mental health within its pre and post-sale customer communications. The changes are in line with the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) Mental...

Openwork partners have overwhelmingly backed changes to the way they participate in the equity of the business at an extraordinary general meeting. Partners voted 96% in favour of the changes which give...

HCB Group has launched into South Africa, extending its services to the country from its headquarters in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. First launched in 1984, the Oxfordshire-based firm provides employee health, wellness...

Creating a sense of belonging and offering continuous development to staff is critical to improving workforce wellbeing, according to Wade Larson, chief human resources officer at Wagstaff. Speaking at the Chartered Institute...

Hooray Health & Protection and Phoenix Health & Protection have joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Launched last year, Phoenix Health & Protection was set up by Richard Charlton...

Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) has acquired Bournemouth-based private medical insurance (PMI) intermediary Equity Health Solutions. The value of the purchase is not being disclosed, but following its acquisition Equity Health Solutions will...

LV= is reintroducing day one and week one waiting periods for self-employed customers applying for its Personal Sick Pay (PSP) product – returning to its pre-Covid position. However, a temporary Covid exclusion...

Allianz has appointed Anusha Thavarajah as regional chief executive officer of Allianz Asia Pacific. Thavarajah succeeds Solmaz Altin, who has decided to leave the organization on 1 December after 13 years with...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it fully supports the use of targets to achieve diverse senior leadership teams and that the process works. The Chartered Institute for Personnel and...