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Comparison site Comparethemarket saw life insurance sales increase 18% in the year to March 2021, compared to the same period the previous year - in contrast with a 3% decline between 2018...

LifeSearch is seeking to build upon a 47% increase in profits by investing further in technology, marketing and its staff. This is according to the life insurance intermediary's founder and CEO Tom...

More than half of UK patients plan to use healthcare apps in future but they prefer traditional face-to-face appointments. This is according to a report commissioned by Mobiquity and conducted by Censuswide...

Aon has agreed to pay $1bn in termination fees to Willis Towers Watson (WTW) following the collapse of the merger of the two firms. Last month, Health & Protection reported the US...

Covéa Insurance has promoted chief operating officer Adrian Furness to chief executive officer. He succeeds James Reader, who the firm revealed is leaving the business and has no plans to take on...

Aegon has been formally accredited as a Living Wage employer. The life insurer revealed while it has informally adopted the real Living Wage with its workforce for many years, the official accreditation...

Shepherds Friendly has joined the Protection Distributors Group (PDG) claims charter. The charter incorporates a number of pledges including having a dedicated claims team to handle all telephone-based claims alongside a process...

Health insurers have revealed to Health & Protection whether their workplace schemes will cover Covid-19 testing as employers are urged to look into all options to source lateral flow tests. This follows...

Almost 60,000 people who submitted a claim for state disability benefits in 2020 were still awaiting a decision four months into this year. This accounted for 10% of cases submitted last year,...

While the subscription economy appears to be booming, a survey from Simplyhealth reveals just 13% of adults in the UK are paying monthly for health benefits. And it appears the vast majority...