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While younger generations - particularly men - are getting better at talking about their own mental health issues, the nation is facing a "double whammy" from the aftermath of the pandemic and...

  Finally, there is something the nation can agree on - and it comes in the form of an intense and turbulent financial storm. Post-Brexit labour shortages, global supply chains collapsing on...

Eight in 10 UK employees have cut spending on routine healthcare costs, according to a snapshot survey by Health Shield Friendly Society. The survey carried out by Health Shield last month among...

Processing health data could become a lot more difficult if the UK diverges from current European general data protection regulation (GDPR), an employment lawyer has warned. And if the UK's proposed new...

Health & Protection wants advisers’ views on the service you receive from insurance providers and you'll earn £25. Tell us which health and protection insurers have the most knowledgeable staff. Who goes...

Association of British Insurers (ABI) director of general insurance James Dalton is leaving the trade body. As part of his role Dalton (pictured) has been the one of trade body’s leading spokespeople...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) claims it has cut its authorisations backlog by 40% over the last year and is trialling automated application forms. Following reports of long delays for firms and...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a timeline illustrating the dates for when firms should have implemented key elements of its incoming Consumer Duty. The regulator published the final rules for...

Cigna is withdrawing from the UK domestic private medical insurance (PMI) and healthcare trusts market, Health & Protection can reveal. At present the insurer offers group PMI schemes and healthcare trust administration...

Complaints about income protection (IP) insurance dropped by 15% in the first quarter of the 2022-23 financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The latest data showed 171...