Group Risk

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 are open for entries from advisers, while the provider shortlists have also been unveiled this week. There are 14 Awards for advisers to highlight the...

The protection sector has come together to launch Business Protection focus week which will run between 2 and 6 June. Stuart Halliwell, owner of Stuart Halliwell Consultants, explained that the focus week...

Shortlists for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 provider categories have been revealed after advisers voted to support their favoured providers. The shortlists cover 11 categories spanning the breadth of the...

Broadstone has appointed Bill Pedersen to its board as non-executive director. Pedersen spent 35 years at Milliman, an international consulting and actuarial firm specialising in life insurance and financial services, property and...

A malignant melanoma caused Claire Bostock, national account manager at HSBC Life, to change her outlook on life and realise you can earn more money, but you can't earn more time. Speaking...

Weight loss drugs are playing a key role in improving health outcomes, but questions remain over how insurers should take them into consideration when pricing policies. Georgina Howe, commercial director at Teladoc...

Aviva has appointed Anne Durkin as head of protection reinsurance as she continues the role having transferred over with the purchase of AIG Life UK.   In the new role Durkin (pictured)...

Howden has appointed Mandira Gupta as managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions, IMEA (India, Middle East and Africa). Based at Howden’s India headquarters in Mumbai, Gupta will lead Howden’s strategic...

Cathryn Riley, a non-executive director with the Financial Services Compensation Services Scheme (FSCS), is to step down from its board with effect from today (30 April 2025) after more than four years...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans for a live artificial intelligence (AI) testing service, aimed at facilitating the safe use of the technology within the financial sector.   The regulator...