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It never ceases to amaze me that, as an industry, we haven't taken steps to outlaw the practice of temporary underwriting. This is where the insurer does not have sufficient information to...

Abu Dhabi's department of health (DoH) has clarified that Golden visa applicants not currently employed in the emirate must ensure they have valid health insurance when there. The clarifications from Abu Dhabi's...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury (HMT) will be consulting this month on tighter rules for the appointed representative (AR) regime. The regulator also revealed that it plans to publish...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) spent more than £1,000 per case in the last financial year and revealed its backlog in cases grew to more than 90,000 as the Covid pandemic hit...

The number of breast cancer claims appear to have largely held up during the course of the whole of pandemic when compared with 2019 levels, insurers have told Health & Protection. Vitality...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) said it was disappointed chancellor Rishi Sunak did not go further to bring the private sector in to help the NHS through its current...

The chancellor's freezing of inheritance tax will contribute to more and more people being caught out by 'stealth' taxes over the next five years. Autumn Budget documents reveal chancellor Rishi Sunak's freezing...

The reduction or removal of insurance premium tax (IPT) from health insurance products and tax breaks for employers supporting staff are top of advisers' wish list ahead of the Budget today. Reports...

Increasing personalisation in the design of health insurance products risks leaving some customers out in the cold, according to consultancy PwC. The firm's Insurance Banana Skins 2021 report highlights issues associated with...

In the first edition Alfie Jaques, client support manager at Hooray Health & Protection, speaks to Health & Protection about how he got his start in the sector, why the pandemic proved...