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The government has dismissed calls to require businesses to report long term sickness due to stress as a health and safety issue. It said doing so would not be appropriate because “stress...

Almost a quarter of people who think they have had long Covid say it has adversely affected their household finances. And 36% of working adults who may have experienced long Covid said...

Private equity firm FPE Capital has bought employee benefits platform provider Zest Technology for an initial £10m, with a potential further £1.5m due depending on revenue delivered in the full 2021 year....

Zurich has appointed Justin Delaney as CEO for Australia and New Zealand takings responsibility for its life and investments (L&I) and general insurance (GI) businesses the countries. Delaney (pictured) is replacing Tim...

Global reinsurer PartnerRe has adopted software provider IPipeline's SSG Digital platform. Using the platform will enable PartnerRe to host multiple insurer underwriting philosophies in a single engine and facilitate fully underwritten comparison...

Nine in 10 adults have Covid antibodies in every part of the UK except Scotland, according to official data. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed 91.9% of the...

LV= has launched a pair of protection products to help cover the income and outgoings of people on irregular pay or working in small businesses. The insurer said the mortgage and rent...

Foxtons is considering selling its mortgage broking and protection advice arm Alexander Hall. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning, the estate agent revealed it is reviewing strategic options...

A Lincolnshire independent healthcare service has implemented a quality improvement plan after it was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following its inspection of Healthlinc House, Welton in April, the...

HDI Global Specialty is working with a managing general agent (MGA) to take its international private medical insurance (IPMI) offering across the globe following an initial launch in Europe. Last week, Health...