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HM Treasury has backed a private members bill aimed at making it harder for co-operatives, mutuals and friendly societies to unpick their mutual status. According to the Treasury, the bill tabled by...

Simplyhealth has appointed Claudia Nicholls as chief customer officer. Nicholls (pictured) will join Simplyhealth on 28 November and report to CEO, professor Sneh Khemka. In this newly created role, Nicholls will be...

Mark Bromham, senior scheme owner for UK savings and retirement at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about his diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer, the benefit of group income protection and...

Demand for private medical insurance across the UAE is very strong reflecting the region’s economic rebound from Covid, according to insurers and advisers. However, regulation governing insurance providers is constantly evolving with...

The Consumer Duty requires adviser firms to think about how their charges represent fair value for different groups of consumers and they must adapt where necessary, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has...

A tick-box approach to implementing incoming rules will not suffice as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned it is already acting with a Consumer Duty mindset. This is according to Therese...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has received and upheld fewer income protection-related complaints in the second quarter of its financial year than the previous quarter. However, it received and upheld more private...

MorganAsh has partnered with open finance platform Moneyhub to help it measure customer vulnerablity. The partnership will see MorganAsh use Moneyhub’s platform to access customers' financial data with their explicit consent to...

To mark Movember, Dean Nulty, IT service delivery manager at Zurich, (pictured) tells Health & Protection about being diagnosed with prostate cancer on his birthday, why men should not take their health...

One in five employers are seeking to provide private medical insurance (PMI) to their staff over the coming year due to an increase in sickness rates, according to research by the Independent...