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Insurers paid out £6.2bn in life insurance, income protection, and critical illness claims in 2020, equivalent to £17m a day, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning to introduce fresh demands on advisers and intermediaries to ensure they are operating in the customer’s best interests at all times. The rules will be...

Tailored apps, webinars, healthy sleep workshops and desk exercise can contribute to effectively tackling the surging numbers of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries due to homeworking. Research by Ascenti found half of home workers...

Zurich has appointed Nick Erskine to the newly created role of director of distribution. Erskine (pictured) joins from AIG where he spent six and a half years, most recently as head of...

Stuart Scullion stepped down as executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) just last month after six years at the head of the organisation. Scullion (pictured) will continue...

More than half of people worry their workplace will not have routine Covid testing upon their return to the office. This is according to research from Canada Life which shows 58% of...

MetLife UK is introducing flexible working for employees as it exits the pandemic and has been hosting special webinars for staff this Mental Health Awareness Week. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week,...

IPipeline has partnered with general insurance broker Safe&Secure Insurance to launch a home insurance referral service. The new service is available through the SolutionBuilder protection sourcing system and enables advisers to refer...

Aviva is removing most of its Covid underwriting criteria introduced at the start of the pandemic for individual protection applications, with immediate effect. The insurer says the move follows progress now being...

Protection and health insurance advisers will see their Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy significantly reduced after the regulator updated its expectations for this financial year. For those pure protection and health...