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Complaints about private medical and dental cover, and income protection insurance (IP) rose sharply in the last financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The service received 1,476...

Wellbeing services provider Health Shield has added a series of risk assessment questionnaires to its recently launched occupational health (OH) platform. The three new questionnaires include the following: Working from home -...

Income protection specialist Holloway Friendly paid 98% of claims excluding non-disclosures in 2020. The society revealed it supported 697 members and their families by paying out £3.4m in benefit - £1m more...

Insurers should communicate the benefits of health cover more effectively to companies and individuals alike, access better data on the societal benefits of health and protection insurance and improve product innovation to...

Spire Healthcare has agreed a £1bn bid from Ramsay Health Care to acquire the business and create a combined operator of more than 80 private hospitals and clinics across the UK. Ramsay...

Cirencester Friendly increased membership to 43,000 and premium income by 7.5%, according to its 2020 annual report and accounts. The report, published today, reveals the mutual insurer saw premium income rise from...

Financial experts in the media rival advisers, brokers and banks as a source of information for making financial decisions, a survey has found. The research also revealed that almost two-thirds (64%) of...

The chief executive of Cigna Europe has praised healthcare professionals for their work in improving public perceptions around Covid vaccines. The comments follow new research from the health insurer which shows adults...

Financial Technology Research Centre (FTRC) has launched an information hub aimed at providing advisers with detail on what they need to know about technology available to them to better run their businesses....

Vitality has called for health and wellbeing requirements to be prioritised at board level as new research indicates increased homeworking is leading to an 'ergonomic timebomb' risking increased back and shoulder injuries...