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The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) work to improve consumer understanding of insurance is to be welcomed, but there are no quick fixes to the problem. This is according to advisers Health &...

Private medical insurance (PMI) funded hospital admissions fell year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, marking the first decline in Q1 insured admissions in the past five years. Private Healthcare Information Network...

The vanguard phase of the Keep Britain Working review is moving at a “strong” pace, with group income protection, private medical insurance and vocational rehabilitation being discussed ahead of the release of...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has formally launched its Financial Foundations programme, a volunteer-led financial education initiative aimed at 16 to 25-year-olds in educational institutions across the UK. As Health &...

Half of hospitality workers in the UK are struggling due to their mental health with a quarter rating their mental state as poor during the past six months, Vitality has discovered. A...

LifeSearch has signed a deal to offer life insurance quotes through the Snoop money management app. The advice firm noted this latest agreement continued its push to reach consumers who might otherwise...

Amanda Moore and Zoe Mears have joined Beagle Street, part of the OneFamily Group, as strategic development manager and strategic account manager respectively. Moore (pictured right) joins from Vitality where she was...

The board of Spire Healthcare has agreed to sell the hospital and clinic operator to a trio of investment funds for more than £1bn. The consortium is led by Toscafund and comprises...

Certua Life’s individual life cover is now available on Heka’s health-led employee benefits platform through its Surely brand. This is the first such agreement since Certua became the first new protection-focused UK...

Two-thirds (66%) of employees believe they would be more productive if they could access healthcare quicker, according to research by Simplyhealth. Its survey found that around half (52%) of employees had delayed...