Politics

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does not believe proposals to reduce the value measures reporting requirements on insurers will create conflicts of interest. The regulator has launched a consultation on dropping two...

Growing awareness created by the Keep Britain Working review now means employers increasingly see the potential of group income protection (GIP) to not just pay sickness benefits but as an important early...

Ahead of the release of the Keep Britain Working Review at an event in September of last year, its author, Sir Charlie Mayfield, told Health & Protection that while the report’s findings...

Compulsory private medical insurance would be a “hard sell”, according to political strategist Alastair Campbell. Auto enrolment for pensions was first introduced in the Pensions Act 2008 by the then Labour government....

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has set out a series of recommended actions and called on the industry to review joint-protection products to shield members from economic abuse. As Health &...

More than one in five (22%) UK adults have required urgent medical attention after ignoring early symptoms, against the backdrop of continued cost-of-living crisis forcing many to put their health on hold. ...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes its work in the travel insurance sector should be rated about "six or seven out of 10" so far. It also argued that work to ensure...

Four in 10 (40%) Britons expect to access private healthcare in the next year, up by a third since 2023, according to research by the Independent Healthcare Providers Network’s (IHPN). Its annual...

Most people are experiencing better inpatient hospital care than a year ago, but there are still areas for improvement, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has discovered. CQC’s latest annual survey of hospital inpatients found that satisfaction levels have improved in the...

Pricing out customers from accessing weight-loss treatments could widen existing health inequalities across the country. This is according to advisers Health & Protection spoke to following analysis from the King’s Fund, released...