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Insurer Zurich has launched Virtual GP and second medical opinion services 'ZGP24' to support its group risk customers. ZGP24, introduced for new and reviewing group income protection and group life customers and...

Canada Life has appointed Lindsey Rix as UK chief executive officer. Rix, who succeeds Doug Brown who left the life insurer late last year, will report into David Harney, president and chief...

Life insurer Canada Life has partnered with fintech Conquest Planning to deliver a financial planning platform aimed at enabling advisers to streamline the financial planning process. The application uses AI and real-time...

Mental wellness days, diarised screen breaks and daily mental health checks in are among the most popular measures people from working home would like their employer to adopt to benefit their mental...

Thousands of people returned to gyms across the country in a bid to boost their physical and mental health after months in lockdown. Last week Health & Protection reported on the initiatives...

The independent healthcare sector has a key role to play in ensuring non-Covid NHS treatment can go ahead. This is according to David Hare, chief executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network...

Private dental practitioners should benefit from government financial support afforded to their NHS counterparts says dental plan specialist Denplan in their latest white paper. The white paper, published today by the Simplyhealth...

Benefits advisory group Advo has launched a fully integrated platform, advo-one. The platform, which enables organisations to manage their employee benefits, HR and payroll through a single login, can be company branded,...

Legal & General Insurance has appointed Jeff Woods as its new head of intermediary development. Woods, who has held a variety of roles including mortgage broker, financial planner, as well as sales...

Rob Barker, MD of Aviva’s health and protection business, is to move to managing director of the insurer's savings & retirement business. Barker (pictured), whose appointment is with immediate effect, will report...