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Insurers and reinsurers are partnering with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the University of Leicester to produce an up to date understanding of the risks of diabetes. It is...

Employers should be as clear as possible with employees about sick pay and health insurance benefits from day one, according to employment lawyers. Melanie Stancliffe, partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...

There is a bubble waiting to burst for employers in the form of increased long-term absence rates due to growing numbers of employees not accessing treatments during the pandemic. Steve Herbert, head...

There has been a dramatic 29% fall in complaints about protection insurance products, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Analysis of the complaints data shows there were 61,834 complaints...

A Derbyshire coach driver has been sentenced for submitting bogus health insurance claims through his employer’s healthcare scheme to the tune of more than £8,000 for himself and his family. A statement...

While firms increasingly understand the importance of providing health and protection benefits to staff in these times, the severe economic downturn caused by the pandemic has meant many are choosing to put...

Almost half of mortgage holders do not have any financial protection in place and one in five were adamant nothing would make them consider protecting themselves, MetLife research has found. For those...

Safeguarding basic benefits such as medical insurance and pensions has created a better sense of security among Ikea's workers in the pandemic. This is according to Ulrika Biesèrt, global people and culture...

Global financial assistance product provider CPP Group has appointed Carl Carter as CEO of its UK business. Carter (pictured) succeeds retiring UK MD Michael Whitfield who will remain with CPP Group, taking...

Private healthcare should be seen as an ally rather than competition to the NHS, according to Stuart Scullion, the outgoing executive chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Scullion...