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One in five people have turned to private healthcare because they cannot access the treatment they urgently need on the NHS, according to research from charity Engage Britain. The survey of 4,000...

Caspian Insurance has committed to offering its disabled customers fully accessible support services all year round. The commitment has seen the the life insurance broker update its website to offer fully inclusive...

Healthcare RM has made its emotional wellbeing services available to members of the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS). The YourHalo service is available 24 hours a day and provides...

Insurers have told Health & Protection they are more likely to investigate creating solutions to help plug the country's social care gap now there is more certainty about future costs. Announcing a...

Legal & General has launched a key person income protection product to complement its other key person offerings within its business protection proposition. The insurer credited advisers attending its workshops with highlighting...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published Building a safety net: A guide to income protection. The free guide provides an overview of individual and group income protection (IP) products and support...

Spire Healthcare has seen a boom in self-pay patients during the first half of 2021, but private medical insurance (PMI) treatment growth is expected to remain sluggish. The hospital network added that...

Advice firms Aceso Health & Group Risk and Mattioli Woods have joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as new members. The pair joined in the last month and follow...

Aviva's protection products have been added to CIExpert's Insight Zone which covers personal and business life policies in addition to critical illness. The digital dashboard aims to make adviser protection sales and...

Zurich paid out more than £222m to retail customers who made claims on their life, critical illness, and income protection policies in the first half of the year. The H1 2021 figures...