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Incoming Aviva managing director of protection Fran Bruce will replace Paul Brencher as leader of the Association of British Insurer’s (ABI) protection board. Health & Protection asked the ABI last week about...

MetLife UK has launched individual protection policy EverydayProtect which covers a range of life and income-related events. Its core cover pays out for broken bones, hospitalisation in the UK (per 24 hr...

A future in which certain medical consultations are all carried out virtually is possible in the UK, according to Vitality. The insurer noted that based on medical risk and patient preferences it...

LycaHealth has become the majority shareholder in KIMS Hospital. LycaHealth confirmed it is investing more than £140 million to grow its business in the UK over the next five years and part...

Bupa has launched a Menopause HealthLine for health insurance customers and its employees. Rolled out ahead of World Menopause Day on 18 October, the helpline offers access to menopause-trained nurses for advice...

Charles Randell has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to start the process to appoint his successor as chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). Randell, who...

Aviva has appointed Fran Bruce as managing director (MD) of protection to oversee the individual and group businesses under one role – replacing Paul Brencher and Kathryn Stringer respectively. Brencher was previously...

LifeSearch CEO Tom Baigrie and former Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) executive chairman Stuart Scullion have been recognised with Outstanding Contribution Awards at the first UK Health & Protection Awards....

Legal & General is merging its insurance and retail retirement divisions, Health & Protection has learned. The insurer revealed the changes to staff yesterday afternoon and confirmed the move to Health &...

LV= has pledged to permanently maintain its payment holiday for struggling and vulnerable protection policyholders. The insurer is also planning a simplification of its critical illness (CI) product line which will allow...