Group Risk

Unum UK has appointed the former chairman of GoCompare Stuart Vann (pictured) as an independent non-executive director. Vann, who will also take on the role of audit committee chairman, is a qualified...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) spent more than £1,000 per case in the last financial year and revealed its backlog in cases grew to more than 90,000 as the Covid pandemic hit...

The future of adviser commission in the protection market maybe under the regulator’s microscope as it continues its long-term vision, according to incoming Aviva managing director of protection Fran Bruce. In an...

Four in 10 Britons say they have no financial security if they were to find themselves unable to work due to illness, according to research by Cigna Europe. The survey also showed...

More than a third of people did not follow up breast cancer worries due to the pandemic, according to research from Aviva. Its survey of 1,000 UK consumers found that, when asked...

The number of breast cancer claims appear to have largely held up during the course of the whole of pandemic when compared with 2019 levels, insurers have told Health & Protection. Vitality...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) said it was disappointed chancellor Rishi Sunak did not go further to bring the private sector in to help the NHS through its current...

The reduction or removal of insurance premium tax (IPT) from health insurance products and tax breaks for employers supporting staff are top of advisers' wish list ahead of the Budget today. Reports...

Insurance broker Aston Lark has joined group risk industry body Grid. Commenting on the development, Sam Mistry, director, employee benefits division, Aston Lark, said: "We’re delighted to join Grid and look forward to...

In the first edition Alfie Jaques, client support manager at Hooray Health & Protection, speaks to Health & Protection about how he got his start in the sector, why the pandemic proved...