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The Right DA Club, the directly authorised (DA) proposition from The Right Mortgage, has added Shepherds Friendly to its protection panel, providing access to its income protection proposition. The income protection proposition...

Advisers are largely positive about the current and short-term state of the individual private medical insurance (PMI) market. However, Health & Protection’s individual PMI adviser research found sentiment had slipped slightly from...

The Law Commission has proposed new regulation that would make it easier for mutuals to merge where it is in the interest of members. The proposal features in the Commission’s final report,...

In this fourth instalment of our mini-series revealing the former lives of professionals operating across the protection and health sectors, Joe Riley, protection specialist at Sports Financial Services (pictured left and with...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) highlighted the growth in income protection (IP) sales as one of the most important developments in the protection market during the last 10 years. At an event...

Andrew Parker (pictured) has launched consultancy Culture Breakfast following his departure from LifeSearch. Parker will focus on supporting businesses to develop brilliant workplace cultures. He had been head of people and culture...

Bupa Global’s managing director Anthony Cabrelli is to retire. This is one of several senior moves at the health insurer, which sees Siobhan Moynihan replace Cabrelli while Mark Allan is to leave...

Awareness and knowledge gaps are stopping would-be life insurance customers from taking out cover. This is according to Capgemini's World Life Insurance Report 2027 which found that while nearly half (47%) of consumers...

Mental health is discussed more openly today than ever before, yet some conversations remain significantly harder to have. According to Samaritans, while 74% of people say they feel comfortable talking to family...

Health & Protection’s individual PMI adviser research recognised two insurers as doing the best to limit premium inflation. The exclusive research of more than 150 advisers operating in the UK individual private...