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The UK's mortality rate has hit its highest levels during the pandemic since World War Two. The country recorded 120,400 more deaths from all causes than expected from the start of the...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is projecting a 21% decrease in the costs of monitoring  insurance intermediaries in its latest budget update. The FSCS revealed it expects the cost of monitoring...

Not enough is being done by employers to support the mental health of their staff despite them largely acting on commitments to tackle physical health and wellbeing issues, according to findings from...

Voting for the Health & Protection Awards 2022 has gone live. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries can vote here to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding in their fields during...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hiked the fees health and protection insurance advice firms must pay when applying to be regulated for the first time. Health and protection insurance advice firms...

Adviser firms are generally positive about the coming year with growth, acquisitions, and partnerships high on the agenda. But as firms gear up to grow their businesses, they are also alive to...

Protection and health insurer The Exeter has appointed Gordon Greig as strategy and change director. Greig joins from Royal London where he was protection proposition director and will sit on The Exeter's...

Tavistock has agreed to purchase 21% of financial advice and employee benefits consultant LEBC in a deal which values the firm at just under £50m. Tavistock has agreed to acquire all of...

Mercer UK has appointed Benoit Hudon (pictured) as its president and CEO. The appointment, subject to FCA approval, sees Hudon succeed Sylvia Pozezanac, who has left Mercer. In addition to his new...

Zurich is lobbying government to legislate that larger companies make all vacancies where possible available on a part-time, job-share and flexible basis, unless there are specific business reasons why this is not...