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Mercer Marsh Benefits has appointed Chris Bailey as UK & Ireland region leader and managing director. Bailey (pictured) succeeds Tony Wood, who moves to the role of regional leader and managing director...

The number of prostate and testicular cancer claims insurers are handling appear to have dipped during the pandemic with a worrying trend also appearing. As Movember, the annual event involving the growing...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is making the most of data and intelligence as a means to find out which financial advisers are more likely to deliver poor advice, the regulator has...

In July, the government published its response to its consultation document, 'Health is everyone's business'. When the consultation was first published, we were disappointed to see it was close to silent on the...

The initial stage of the pandemic caused a dramatic fall in the number of diagnoses of the three most common forms of cancer in Scotland. Data from Public Health Scotland reveals that...

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) saw it’s workplace benefits spend including healthcare and protection cover soar by almost £1m in the last year. In its annual report the regulator said its benefits...

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...