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Axa's life and health protection businesses delivered an 8% increase in gross written premiums (GWP) and other revenues in the first six months of 2025 the global insurer revealed. The insurer said...

Spire Healthcare saw profits plummet by 50% while revenues from private medical insurance (PMI) remained flat as claims processes tightened in the first half of 2025. The healthcare group introduced a major...

Aviva medical director Dr Doug Wright is retiring this summer after 27 years in the UK health insurance sector. He joined Aviva in the summer of 1998 and was appointed medical director...

The judging panel for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 has been revealed. In all, 45 experts and leaders from across the health, protection and international insurance and workplace benefits industry...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been forced to appoint an interim chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) from the FCA board after admitting "the initial recruitment campaign proved unsuccessful". Liam...

Walking 7,000 steps rather than the traditional 10,000 could be sufficient to boost brainpower and guard against critical illnesses like cancer, dementia and heart disease. This is according to a study published...

Swiss health insurer Helvetia Insurance has appointed Karina Schreiber as group chief risk officer and a member of its group executive board. Joining on 1 October 2025, she succeeds Bernhard Kaufmann, who...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is likely to publish the next edition of its insurance strategy in the next couple of months, Health & Protection understands. The strategy will outline the regulator’s...

Vast swathes of the population still do not think protection cover is for them, this perception persists particularly among the young, renters, mothers and carers and even some areas of the business...

Bupa is launching a DNA-based medication test and two DNA health risk detection checks as it expands its suite of My Genomic Health tests. The medication check follows a pilot programme which...