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Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) deputy CEO Ben Thompson is stepping down from his position and leaving the board of the mortgage and protection intermediary at the end of this year. In a...

Health Shield Friendly Society is appointing Graham Berville as the chairman of the board, replacing Julie Hansen who has stepped down from her position after five years in the role.  Berville takes...

Bupa UK Insurance and Cleveland Clinic London have agreed a new multi-year contract, and have launched a value-based healthcare pilot and a no-shortfall guarantee for consultant fees.  The value-based healthcare pilot includes...

The fourth edition of Health & Protection’s international private medical insurance (IPMI) service ratings measuring the performance of providers across the sector is now available.   REQUEST YOUR COPY HERE   This...

Most older workers do not benefit from employer-provided insurance products, according to a report from Canada Life. The provider's survey of 600 employers and more than 3,200 members of the UK public...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is “keen to understand” what the effect of pre-existing condition exclusions enacted by insurers are having on the protection market as part of its market study. Answering...

Bupa is to buy New Victoria Hospital, an independent private hospital in Kingston upon Thames – its first UK hospital acquisition since 2008.  Bupa said the acquisition, which it anticipates will be...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added Acre’s Health Fact Find feature for its advisers. The network said the introduction forms part of its ongoing commitment to enhance the adviser and...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added a direct link to CIExpert’s Insight Zone Dashboard within its adviser tools income protection section of its website. The CIExpert Insight Zone currently includes...

Spectrum.Life has appointed Dr Rizwan Khalid in the newly-created role of medical director.   Khalid (pictured) will oversee a clinical workforce of more than 300 in-house clinicians and a network of more...