Group Risk

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has singled out target market statements from private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection (IP) products as “examples of poor practices that could cause customer harm”. It...

Broadstone has had its near-term, science-based emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI). The SBTI is a corporate climate action organisation that enables companies and financial institutions worldwide...

Viva Insurance Brokers has hired Dr Sonja de Pattenden as chief operating officer. She has more than 30 years of work experience in sales, private banking, financial services and insurance (life and...

While advice firms should still expect client-facing staff to dress appropriately, accommodations should be made for hot weather and any attempt to ban shorts for men could land them in hot water,...

Howden has acquired Help Me Compare Group Ltd (ActiveQuote) and its subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum. Howden said the acquisition enhances its presence in the consumer insurance sector and reflects its broader...

Unum UK's Help@hand digital health and wellbeing app has seen a 91% increase in registrations over the last 12 months, compared to the previous year. Within the same period, user interactions rose...

The issue of regulation within the employee assistance programme (EAP) industry has always been a contentious topic. Proponents of more regulation insist that it will provide a consistent level of quality, confidentiality,...

Legal & General has seen an 11% increase in UK protection sales in the first half of 2024, driven by its group risk business, compared to the same period last year. However,...

HSBC Life UK has promoted Richard Waters to head of protection distribution. Waters (pictured) has spent more than 30 years at HSBC having started as an insurance broker at the bank in...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) should create talent attraction ambassadors (TAA) to encourage young talent into the sector. The recommendation features among a series of calls to the CII by authors of...