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Quartet claim inaugural Santé Group charity golf day win
Santé Group launched its fundraising partnership with Heart Research UK with its first annual charity golf day. The intermediary firm is aiming to raise £10,000 for the charity over the next 12...
Read moreTalent shortfall and Covid fallout drive unprecedented demand for group risk benefits – analysis
The combined impact of the pandemic and an intensifying war for talent has meant demand for group risk benefits from employers has never been so high. While advisers do not think mandatory...
Read moreGIP has power to unlock economically inactive but employers remain confused – CBI
Group income protection (GIP) solutions have the potential of unlocking the economically inactive who have left the labour market, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) believes. However the trade body warned that...
Read moreWBN adds trio of members in Europe
The Worldwide Broker Network has added Risk Solution Broker (RSB) and Fortius Inter Partes in Croatia and Söderberg & Partners in the Netherlands have joined as members. RSB is an insurance broker...
Read moreCII focuses on member standards and pilots qualification changes
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has pledged to put greater emphasis on members’ professional standards and pilot changes to how assessments and qualifications are delivered. It will also launch an interactive professional...
Read morePDG updates claims charter approved insurers after standards slip in pandemic
The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has revealed the latest list of insurers that meet its best practice claims criteria to become its claims charter signatories. The move follows a review of practices...
Read moreHSBC Life extends cover to more people with pre-existing conditions
HSBC Life UK is launching a digital underwriting solution that will extend cover to more people with pre-existing conditions and consider applications where terms previously were not possible. The solution enables medical...
Read moreTreasury and FCA ‘circus’ dodges responsibility as poorest excluded from insurance
HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) need to take responsibility for solving the problem of the poorest people being locked out of insurance cover, Fair By Design has urged. The...
Read moreJust one in 10 SME owners have taken out IP
Just one in 10 SME owners claim to have taken out income protection insurance, according to a report from the Federation of Small Businesses. The report Paying a Premium? which surveyed 819...
Read moreSMEs don’t trust insurers promoting workplace protection – BEIS commissioner
Small business leaders do not trust insurers promoting the importance of cover for their employees and organisations, a Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) commissioner has warned. Liz Barclay, small...
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