Cash plans

An employment lawyer is urging insurers and advisers to tread carefully when dealing with staff who refuse to return to face-to-face meetings. Melanie Stancliffe, employment partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...

The number of patients waiting to start NHS treatment in England at the end of June reached a record 5.5 million according to latest figures – but this is expected to keep...

Aviva’s UK health and protection business saw profits rise to £107m in the first half of 2021, up by a third from the same period last year. The insurer also noted it...

Insurers large and small across the health and protection industry are resuming face-to-face meetings with advisers as lockdown measures ease and more people are fully vaccinated. And Zurich has revealed it its...

Advice firm Succession Wealth has appointed Andrew Barker as director of proposition. In his new role Barker will be responsible for making further enhancements to Succession’s proposition across several key areas including...

Jonathan Brown will succeed Lord Field of Birkenhead as chairman of health cash plan provider Medicash as Lord Field steps down after 18 years of work at the firm, 10 of those...

International insurance adviser Howden has launched into Italy with the acqusition of Italian broker Andrea Scagliarini. Howden Italy's launch comes weeks after the appointments of Luigi Sturani and Enrico Nanni as CEO...

Bupa has provisionally allocated an additional £40m rebate to UK policyholders from increased profits generated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The insurer announced the move in its interim results for...

Business outsourcing provider Everise is hiring 1,200 licensed health insurance agent roles to support three client healthcare insurers in the US. The firm revealed it is recruiting across 35 US states, with...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that ear syringing to remove ear wax is no longer advised as a treatment through the NHS in England. The confirmation comes...