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Vitality: Higher physical activity increases cancer survival chances
The level of a cancer sufferer's physical activity can have a direct, positive impact on their survival chances, according to data from Vitality. The insurer’s South African parent company Discovery analysed 88,000...
Read moreHealth and protection advisers escape FSCS levy hit as pool fund dropped
Advisers operating in the health and protection insurance and mortgage sectors have escaped the prospect of picking up the massive costs of failures in other parts of the financial services industry. In...
Read moreRegulators developing metrics to monitor burden on industry
Regulators from across the spectrum have agreed to develop metrics to measure the regulatory burden on the financial services industry. The move comes after leaders and senior representatives from the Financial Conduct...
Read moreOneglobal Broking appoints Colombia and Ecuador country manager
Oneglobal Broking has appointed Luis Miguel Galvis as country manager for Colombia and Ecuador. Galvis was previously head of financial lines and surety at Howden Re in Colombia. Prior to this, he...
Read moreL&G partnership aims to measure productivity impact of employee wellbeing
Legal & General has entered into an exclusive partnership with Fruitful Insights to gauge the costs associated with impaired wellbeing and productivity and the factors underpinning these losses. Based on this intelligence, intermediaries...
Read moreProtection payouts hit record high as Covid claims double – ABI
Protection claims payouts hit a new record in 2021, according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group Risk Development (Grid). The data reveals £6.8bn was paid out in...
Read moreFCA slams crypto sector, says FSCS should not cover losses and urges government to learn from pension freedoms failure
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it does not believe the financial services industry should have to take on the costs of failures from firms promoting cryptocurrencies and assets. It also...
Read moreMassMutual head of technology and data takes on expanded role
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company has given Sears Merritt an expanded role heading up its enterprise technology and experience (ETX) organisation. In his new role Merritt is responsible for leading technology-based strategies...
Read moreFCA to remove firm permissions within 28 days
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will cancel or change permissions of regulated firms not conducting those activities within a month as part of a drive to improve consumer protection. The FCA will...
Read moreCIExpert Adviser Watch: Advisers increasingly carrying out meetings virtually
Eight in 10 (80%) advisers carried out over 50% of their client meetings virtually in 2021 and of this group a third (32%) conducted all meetings online, according to CIExpert's Adviser Watch....
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