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The Exeter has seen a 10% increase in successful life claims, according to its 2024 claims statistics for health insurance, income protection, and life insurance products. The data reveals the UK protection...

Group income protection could become "much more mainstream" following the Mayfield review. This is according to Christian van Stolk, vice president of Rand Europe, (pictured), who was speaking at Western Provident Association's...

Isio has appointed Steve Thomson in a role covering client experience - wellbeing, risk and healthcare. Thomson joins the employee benefits consultancy after six months with Lockton where he was vice president,...

Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) on their own cannot fix UK plc's growing mental health crisis among younger workers. This is according to Dr Julie Denning, CEO of Working to Wellbeing (pictured), who...

Perci Health has closed a new £3m round, doubling its original £1.5m target. This brings the total the virtual cancer clinic has raised to £7.7m funding. This includes a £295,000 investment from...

Chris Lay, CEO of Marsh McLennan UK, has been appointed as campaign chairman for Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD).  His appointment comes at an important time for dementia research, following the approval...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has appointed Liam Kennedy, director of key accounts at Vitality, as vice chairman. He succeeds Claire Ginnelly who stepped down last month after 13...

The UK government will be investing £2bn more in digital and artificial intelligence (AI) across public services, including in the NHS, according to chancellor Rachel Reeves.  Delivering her Spending Review today, Reeves...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) avoided announcing any fresh tax increases at the Spending Review but has increased annual public spending by around £68.5bn from 2025-26 to 2028-29 – an annual year-on-year real...

The Labour Government has committed an additional £31bn annually towards the day-to-day running of the National Health Service by the 2028-29 financial year. The plans include up to £10bn on technology and...