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Aviva reported a 5% increase in health and protection sales in Q1 2024 when compared to the corresponding period of last year. The insurer’s trading update for the first quarter of the...

Prime minister Rishi Sunak (pictured) has announced the UK general election will take place on 4 July. The prime minister ended growing speculation by confirming the UK will go to the polls...

Bupa Health Clinics is opening five new health centres within private medical and dental provider MyHealthcare sites. The centres, based in Balham, Swiss Cottage and Chiswick in London, Edgbaston in Birmingham and...

While artificial intelligence (AI) is being put to use in fielding out of hours calls and performing back office operations, international private medical insurance advisers need to be mindful of customers who...

Texas-based healthcare provider WebTPA has announced that a data security incident has impacted its network and some 2.4 million customers.  WebTPA is a third-party administrator with more than 30 years of experience...

The deadline is arriving for advisers to enter The UK Health & Protection Awards 2024. Entries can be submitted on the Awards website and this year includes a new category for networks...

Johnny Timpson has called on protection and health insurers to "do better" by introducing signposting solutions for carers to their added value services. Timpson's comments follow similar criticism levelled at the Department...

As the problems of the NHS are set to become a major focal point in the upcoming UK general election, South Africa's newly created National Health Insurance (NHI) is experiencing its own...

Ascend Broking Group has appointed Kristian Breeze as healthcare director for Ascend Healthcare, (previously known as SMP Insurance Brokers).  Breeze, (pictured), who told Health & Protection about his new role,  previously worked...

The health and protection industry needs to make a "really, really" clear case that long-called for tax breaks will deliver increased take-up of cover and will not hurt the exchequer. This is...