SME

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun focus groups with members of the financial services industry examining ‘practical difficulties’ in the boundary between advice and guidance. The regulator also confirmed that its...

WPA has added LifeStage Health to its SME product Precision Corporate Healthcare. Following a successful rollout to the large corporate market it will now be made available to companies with 10 or...

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has called on government to develop a replacement for its Fit for Work Service as hundreds of thousands of adults become economically inactive and...

Mortgage and protection network Paradigm Protect is moving into private medical insurance (PMI) distribution. The firm revealed it is extending its provider panel to include PMI with initial access to three providers...

More than half of employers have seen an increase in demand for menopause support services over the past two years, according to Peppy. A survey of 504 HR decision makers carried out...

Benenden Health has set a goal of around 10% of its members to be from corporate schemes following its decision to 'return to its roots' and open up to intermediaries. Last week...

While younger generations - particularly men - are getting better at talking about their own mental health issues, the nation is facing a "double whammy" from the aftermath of the pandemic and...

Unum UK has revealed it has surpassed two million employees insured across its product range for the first time. The figure includes insured employees covered by group income protection, group critical illness,...

Advice firm Oneglobal has appointed Huichih Ko as executive director. Based in Taiwan, Ko will be working closely with the Asia Leadership team in growing the Asian business. A veteran insurance practitioner,...

The founder of Peachy has told Health & Protection that the start-up health insurer expects to roll out its group product by early April 2023 at the latest and revealed why the...