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L&G's retail protection business has revamped its adviser platform OLP Connect to enable advisers to update customer payment details and cancel policies on behalf of their clients. Advisers can now fully manage...

Bupa is launching a DNA-based medication test and two DNA health risk detection checks as it expands its suite of My Genomic Health tests. The medication check follows a pilot programme which...

Vitality paid £142m in protection claims in 2024 - a 21.4% increase from the £117m in protection claims paid in 2023. Publishing its protection claims statistics for 2024, the insurer revealed it...

The inclusion of group life in the government’s captive framework has been welcomed but it is not expected to have a major impact on the industry or country unless further benefits are...

Recognising cancer as a long-term, manageable condition, employers are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities in workplace support, as Richard Browne hears.   The conversation around cancer in the workplace is undergoing significant...

Circle Health Group has promoted Paul Manning to chief executive officer, succeeding interim Karen Prins on 14 July. Prins, the company's former chief operating officer, will leave the business in September. Circle...

Healix Health has acquired a stake in Cignpost Group. Healix did not confirm the level of its equity stake or how much it paid for it to Health & Protection, but revealed...

The chancellor has charged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with reassessing the impact of its Consumer Duty on financial services and the way "businesses interact with other businesses". Delivering her Mansion House...

A 10-year long stop on claims made to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) may exclude most protection products as part of an exemption proposed by HM Treasury (HMT). The consultation proposing the...

The group life and employee benefits sector has been included in HM Treasury’s (HMT) plans for the new UK captive insurance regime, having been excluded from the original proposals. The first consultation...