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Don’t just pay lip service to equality and diversity – Meads
The health and protection sectors should not just pay lip service to equality and diversity but should platform female professionals speaking about a wider array of topics. This is according to Juliette...
Read moreDeeper health benefits, lifetime allowance removal and in-house underwriting driving advice for HNWIs – analysis
The impact of record NHS waiting lists has left no parts of the country unscathed. Even high net worth individuals (HNWI) no longer assume they can be guaranteed good health, so are...
Read moreIntroducing… Dr Rebecca Brady, HCML
Dr Rebecca Brady, medical director at HCML and practising GP, speaks to Health & Protection about balancing her work as a GP with her role at HCML, supporting a patient who had...
Read moreGovernment confirms plans to slash NHS cancer performance targets
Government has confirmed plans to consolidate NHS England's current 10 performance standards into three key standards. Earlier this week reports emerged that NHS England was planning to scrap two thirds of its...
Read morePacific Life Re appoints GM for Asia markets
Pacific Life Re has appointed Vasan Errakiah to the newly created role of general manager, Asia markets. Errakiah (pictured) takes charge of the life and health reinsurer’s market activities throughout Asia, with...
Read moreHow more diverse workforces are proving the catalyst for change across health and protection insurance – analysis
Attitudes across the health and protection insurance sector are changing for the better, but more needs to be done. While some of the sector's youngest professionals have war stories about being asked...
Read moreLong term sick numbers shoot back up to near record 465,000
The number of of people joining the ranks of economically inactive due to long term sickness has shot back up to hit a new record. While May data from the Office for...
Read moreKPMG’s Bleekrode on why international talent is returning to Hong Kong
In an exclusive wide-ranging interview, Erik Bleekrode, head of insurance at KPMG China and Asia Pacific, tells Health & Protection about how international talent is returning to Hong Kong, whether comparisons to...
Read moreCMA provisionally clears UnitedHealth £1.2bn acquisition of EMIS
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared UnitedHealth’s proposed £1.2bn purchase of EMIS following an in-depth investigation into competition concerns. EMIS is a supplier of data management systems to the...
Read moreRight to not disclose cancer history, LTA abolition and double taxing GIP among key regulatory challenges – analysis
The Consumer Duty is not the only regulatory challenge keeping advice and insurance firms up at night. Incoming abolition of the lifetime allowance, right to be forgotten legislation in Europe and concerns...
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