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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce an excess payment for staff who use its private medical insurance (PMI) cover after soaring premium costs. The regulator said premiums for the...

The mental health of SME owners is on the decline, according to two surveys released ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October. Research from insurer Simply Business found more than...

The success of financial support given during the Covid pandemic and the rapid economic recovery means governments are less likely to choose austerity in future shocks, according to Aviva Investors. The insurer...

Health wellness platform Peppy has launched a menopause resource pack for employers. The pack includes expert guidance on the menopause, the impact on employees and organisations, and how to help staff. The...

Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing has promoted Cheryl Brennan to managing director of Howden Employee Benefits UK. Brennan (pictured) joined Howden as director of corporate consulting in May 2019 from Punter Southall...

Start-ups have woken up to the fact that health and life insurance benefits can no longer be the preserve of large corporates, according to Charlie Cousins, founder of Hooray Health & Protection....

The number of people suffering symptoms associated with long Covid in the UK has now reached more than a million. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data covering the period to...

Legacy life insurance solutions provider Resolution Life has appointed Simon Woods as group chief financial officer. Woods (pictured) joins Resolution Life from professional services firm EY in Zurich, where he was a...

Insurers have been focusing on recruiting hundreds of new starters rather than the need to welcome back workers as the government's furlough scheme has ended. While the furlough scheme was a lifeline...

Insurance technology business Instanda has joined group risk industry body Grid. Commenting on the development, Simon Candy, senior manager of propositions and business development for Instanda, said: “We see it as our job...