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The widespread adoption of weight loss drugs could cut premature death rates in the UK and US over the next two decades. This is according to research from Swiss Re which showed...

Maciej Rymaniak, mortgage and protection adviser at Five Star Mortgages, speaks to Health & Protection about loving doing a job that matters, why his taxi-driving dad is his role model and his...

Health and wellbeing benefits are the biggest challenges for employers implementing benefit strategies. This is according to WTW’s 2025 Benefit Trends Survey which polled 5,583 global employers and 327 UK employers. The...

Guardian has appointed Gower Wisdom as chief operating officer (COO) effective from 1 November. Wisdom joins from AUL Assurance, a specialist start-up life insurer, where was CEO, and before that COO. Prior...

HSBC Life UK is broadening its critical illness (CI) cover to include less advanced prostate cancer and Parkinson’s Disease and adding cover for seven types of pregnancy complications. The updates form part...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its pure protection market overview revealing more than 22 million in-force policies across all individual product types. The market overview sets out a factual overview...

First Actuarial has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as an intermediary member. Launched in 2004, First Actuarial's services include group protection schemes, and healthcare benefits such as private...

Sir Charlie Mayfield who is leading the government’s Keep Britain Working Review expects Britain can ‘radically’ transform its labour inactivity crisis within a period of five to 10 years. But advisers Health...

HCML has launched a sole and a master trust. The firm said the launch of these two new healthcare trust solutions is designed to help give employers greater control over their healthcare...

Everyday accidents and illnesses have risen year-on-year, prompting more hospital admissions, according to MetLife UK’s Everyday Risk Report. Visits to accidents and emergency (A&E) have increased 3.8% and hospital admissions have increased...