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International employee benefits consultancy and broker HW International has rebranded to Dubois, bringing its European and Australian operations together under a single global identity. In Australia, this includes a company name change...

Stress is an increasingly common condition, with just shy of one million cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety reported for 2023–24 by the UK Health & Safety Executive. From an employer...

Holloway Friendly and Wiltshire Friendly have announced a proposal to merge subject to regulatory approval. This is the second merger of UK mutuals announced this year following OneFamily and Scottish Friendly's merger...

Health & Protection is delighted to announce Bupa as the headline sponsor of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2026. Bupa commercial director Richard Norris said: “The UK Health & Protection Awards...

LifeSearch is in the final stages of testing its new customer app which it will use to improve consumer understanding and engagement, Health & Protection can reveal. It will start with focusing...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has played a key role in creating profiles that inform how LifeSearch communicates with its customers and their protection journeys. This is according to LifeSearch CEO Debbie Kennedy (pictured),...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England decreased to 7.22 million in February 2026, down 31,006 compared to January 2026, according to official data. This marked the fourth...

Medicash will launch a new wellbeing and preventative health product following a year in which it increased policyholder numbers almost 9% and surplus doubled to £3.8m in 2025. The cash plan provider...

A machine learning future will make protection distribution better, not worse, but the industry has been challenged to not let innovation outpace integrity, according to LifeSearch executive chairman Tom Baigrie. Baigrie (pictured)...

Vitality has launched an AI‑powered underwriting process that summarises GP reports for life and serious illness cover applications. A pilot of the process showed an 81% reduction in GP report length and...