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Huw Evans is stepping down as director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) at the end of the year. Evans, who has been director general since February 2015, will be...

Legal & General paid a total of £323m in group protection claims in 2020, up more than 5% on 2019. The insurer revealed its rehabilitation and early intervention services through its group...

Four in 10 workers say they want access to onsite mental health facilities, according to findings from a survey by MoreySmith. The office designers commissioned a survey of 1,017 UK adults in...

National Friendly has launched a low cost accident only income protection (IP) product with no medical underwriting. The insurer said its new policy was aimed at clients who had not been able...

The pandemic has brought huge changes to healthcare insurance but perhaps nowhere as much Qatar, where it may have helped usher in a mandatory insurance system. Amber Musson-Thorp, commercial head of Lifecare...

US non profit organisation Fair Health has launched a free mobile app aimed at arming university students with the skills to make informed health insurance choices. Colleges and universities can use the...

Employee benefits and services provider Personal Group Holdings has appointed Liam McGrath as chief operating officer. McGrath has held COO and senior operations roles at private and public companies within the financial,...

The Lloyd's Council has approved the Medical Protection Society's (MPS) transition to a full syndicate allowing MPS to continue providing malpractice insurance at a larger scale. MPS, a mutual organisation established in...

Protection advice firm LifeSearch has emphasised the importance of embedding staff wellbeing into the culture of an organisation. Research published yesterday drew a link between working excessive hours and increased chances of...

Handl Group has signed an exclusive deal to provide Limbic's psychological therapy service as a bespoke offering for the business-to-business market. The partnership means the AI-based mental healthcare services platform will be...