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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is making progress with improving the diversity of its leadership after failing to hit its 2020 target. The FCA's 2020/21 business plan reveals it...

Insurer Canada Life has reached agreement to acquire ClaimSecure, a healthcare management firm providing health and dental claim management services to private and public businesses in Canada. The deal increases the number...

Employee benefits platform WorkLife has appointed Niamh McLaughlin as managing director as part of a management rejig. McLaughlin (pictured) succeeds Robert Marshall who moves into the newly created role of head of...

Life insurance provider YuLife has raised $70m (£50m) in a Series B funding round. YuLife says it will use the funds to develop new products, expand penetration into the UK market and...

Employers would be well advised to continue to encourage the wearing of masks if government isn't prepared to mandate their use, according to the co-founder of Square Health. Dr Bippon Vinayak, the...

Towergate Health & Protection has partnered with CBT Clinics to offer clients mental health training programmes for their line managers and employees. The training, which focuses on the prevent, detect, and treat...

Claims Consortium Group (CCG) director of operations and third party administration Claire Lashbrook has joined the advisory board of the Society of Claims Professionals. The society is the professional body within the...

Software provider IPipeline has agreed a long-term partnership with insurer and financial services provider OneFamily. IPipeline's SSG Digital platform will replace the mutual's existing savings, investments, and protection platform, which will be...

HDI Global Specialty has entered the private medical insurance (PMI) and international IPMI markets and has appointed underwriter Ben Haden from Generali to launch the operation. The firm, which is a joint...

Most life insurers say they currently use little or no automation, according to a survey from Willis Towers Watson. The Actuarial Reporting Automation survey quizzed life and property and casualty (P&C) insurers...