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Voting for the Health & Protection Awards 2022 has gone live. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries can vote here to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding in their fields during...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hiked the fees health and protection insurance advice firms must pay when applying to be regulated for the first time. Health and protection insurance advice firms...

Adviser firms are generally positive about the coming year with growth, acquisitions, and partnerships high on the agenda. But as firms gear up to grow their businesses, they are also alive to...

The Worldwide Broker Network has appointed Shane Carter as global operations manager. Carter (pictured) joins from member firm and property and casualty broker USI where he was national operations leader, select commercial,...

Protection and health insurer The Exeter has appointed Gordon Greig as strategy and change director. Greig joins from Royal London where he was protection proposition director and will sit on The Exeter's...

The NHS in England has entered into a three month agreement with 10 private healthcare providers including Spire, Nuffield and Circle to support the health service if the Omicron variant leads to...

Tavistock has agreed to purchase 21% of financial advice and employee benefits consultant LEBC in a deal which values the firm at just under £50m. Tavistock has agreed to acquire all of...

Mercer UK has appointed Benoit Hudon (pictured) as its president and CEO. The appointment, subject to FCA approval, sees Hudon succeed Sylvia Pozezanac, who has left Mercer. In addition to his new...

Zurich is lobbying government to legislate that larger companies make all vacancies where possible available on a part-time, job-share and flexible basis, unless there are specific business reasons why this is not...

Chartered Insurance Institute president Peter Blanc has warned society is drifting further away from seeking financial advice. He also committed to help build trust in insurance and financial services among consumers. Blanc...