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Intermediaries in the health and protection insurance markets will see a steeper drop in the fee rate payable to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) than previously expected due to soaring revenues. In...

The independent sector has a vital role as a catalyst to improve patient outcomes by adopting and scaling new technologies, partnering on clinical research and tackling workforce challenges, according to Lord Darzi...

Improving patient outcomes transcends the NHS and requires all healthcare systems to work together to achieve this goal, according to Sir Stephen Powis (pictured), in his final speech as NHS England medical director....

Chesnara is considering the possibilities of retaining the protection insurance new business operations of HSBC Life when it takes over the firm, Health & Protection understands. Health & Protection also understands that...

Spectrum.Life has promoted Ellie Janik to the role of director of client success.  Janik was previously the strategic customer success manager when she started at Spectrum.Life at the beginning of the year. ...

Broadstone has announced the appointment of Rob Kerry as actuarial director from Utmost. He joins Broadstone’s insurance, regulatory and risk division within its life insurance team which delivers a range of actuarial...

Four in five employees (79%) say they are more likely to stay with an employer who actively supports them during recovery, according to research from Aviva, released today.  As the consultation period...

Reassured has appointed Laura Benton to chief customer officer (CCO) - a newly created role with responsiblity for the development of Reassured’s customer strategy. Benton, who co-founded Reassured, previously held the role...

Monthly NHS data shows the overall waiting list dropped by nearly 30,000 in May to 7.36 million people – the lowest total since March 2023, but there is concern that an impending...

Overall mortality in the first half of 2025 was lower than in the first half of any other year, and 0.5% of a full year’s mortality lower than in the first half...