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Willis Towers Watson has partnered with Applied Systems Europe to support real-time pricing. Willis Towers Watson’s Radar Live partner programme enables insurers and MGAs to develop their rates, underwriting rules and adjustments,...

In one of the more unusual stories to cross our news desk, Andrew Wilkinson, director at Moneysworth Life Insurance, spoke to Health & Protection about how One Direction's Louis Tomlinson helped get...

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against a psychotherapist who incorrectly claimed on her website that she was a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. The Harley...

British Friendly is reintroducing day 1 and week 1 cover for new income protection applications from today (7 September). The move, which the mutual says in response to adviser and customer demand,...

Hexarad has secured a £2.3m funding round to accelerate its growth plans. The teleradiology start-up was founded in 2016 by a group of NHS consultant radiologists who wanted to address the problem...

The government has set a target of treating 30% more elective patients than before the pandemic by 2024/25  through the launch of a new health and social care levy paid for by...

Advisers are concerned government's expected increase to National Insurance could lead cash strapped families  to reconsider paying for health or protection cover. Later today, the Prime Minister is expected to confirm a...

Line managers want greater clarity around wellbeing strategies, according to research from Legal & General. The research was conduced for Legal & General's Workplace Wellbeing Barometer by Opinium among 1,055 employees (middle...

The true implications of long Covid - and its full impact on employers - will only become fully apparent when employees return to the workplace, according to Christine Husbands, managing director at...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) believes there is growing recognition that the individual and group IP markets could be working more closely together to increase take-up. The trade body said it...