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Start-ups have woken up to the fact that health and life insurance benefits can no longer be the preserve of large corporates, according to Charlie Cousins, founder of Hooray Health & Protection....

Denplan has partnered with charity Dentaid to improve access to oral healthcare for those most in need around the UK. The Simplyhealth-owned provider's investment means Dentaid can create and safeguard up to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has thrown down the gauntlet to insurers to consider neurodivergent individuals when designing products. FCA senior adviser for equality Georgina Philippou said the regulator wants firms to...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) fair value product rules have come into force today. The rules ensure that general insurance products, including health and protection policies, must be assessed to ensure they...

Sian Fisher is to step down as CEO of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) after more than six years at the helm of the professional body. Fisher (pictured) will complete her six-month...

Lifepoint Healthcare has acquired the the private medical insurance and health cash plan portfolio of Leicestershire-based firm Protect Your Health UK. Isaac Feiner, managing director at Lifepoint Healthcare, said the business was...

Aviva has begun its search for a new associate medical director ahead of the impending departure of Dr Subashini M. A spokesperson confirmed to Health & Protection that Dr Subashini M, who...

Panic buying of petrol across the country is threatening to push advisers back into remote working, curtailing the return of client meetings and work in the office. In August, Health & Protection...

Nearly half of Britons have never seen a financial adviser but doing so boosts protection uptake, according to research from The Openwork Partnership. It found 45% of all 2,000 respondents had never...

Complaints about income protection (IP) insurance dropped by a fifth in the first three months of the 2021-22 financial year, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Overall complaints regarding the health...