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Employers plan on getting their employees to take on the costs of health-related support services for themselves through salary sacrifice, according to research from Canada Life. The change of approach has been...

UnderwiteMe has appointed Andrew Doran, global chief underwriting officer of its parent company Pacific Life Re, as CEO. Doran succeeds James Tait, who the insurtech said is leaving the the business to...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has added Working to Wellbeing as its newest member as of 1 April.   That brings the total of new members to join the organisation in...

Mortgage and protection CRM provider, Finova Broker, has integrated with UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform. The firms said the integration with UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform will enable brokers using Finova Broker CRM to access a...

Advisers should consider breadth of coverage, pay out amounts, gender specific risks and children's cover when determining whether critical illness policies offer fair value. This is according to Natalie Mayne, creative director...

Nuffield Health appoints chief commercial officer Nuffield Health has appointed Chris Gowland as chief commercial officer. Gowland (pictured) has spent most of his career with Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), most recently as...

The Protect Association marked its 25th anniversary by honouring chairman Steve Devine for the work that he had done to build the association along with his late partner David Taylor.  Looking forward,...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Kay Swinburne as independent chairperson.   She succeeds Nicky Morgan who was the first person to hold the role.  The position of independent chairperson...

Anchoring conversations to clients maintaining their long term life goals can dramatically increase the amount of protection cover advisers write. This is according to the Protection Coach, Matt Chapman, who challenged advisers...

Health insurance and financial advice offered on social media could generate more complaints in the coming year, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has been warned. The regulator highlighted that some respondents to...