Group Risk

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Diane Whalley as business development manager for group risk. Whalley (pictured) will be managing the firm's desk-based group risk adviser team, helping to grow the business...

The number of appointed representative (AR) firms operating in the insurance sector has halved in the last decade, with a sharp drop in the last two years. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Legal & General Group Protection has made ONIX – its digital quote, buy and renew platform – more accessible to small and medium businesses (SMBs) by opening it up to a new...

Access Financial Services (Access FS) has today launched an in-house digital marketing and lead generation platform for its team of mortgage and protection advisers.  Following its acquisition of Crazy Nerds, a boutique...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation setting new reporting requirements aimed at improving diversity and inclusion across the financial services sector. In particular the proposals focus on boosting diversity...

Aviva has acquired AIG Life UK from AIG subsidiary Corebridge Financial for £460m. AIG Life UK provides a full suite of individual and group protection products. It had 1.3 million individual protection...

YuLife has the launched Yuniversity, a series of in-app continuing professional development (CPD) courses for brokers. The courses, which have been awarded CPD accreditation by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), aim to...

Verlingue has appointed James Hall and Sam Foster as client directors at its Birmingham office. The broker said the hires form part of its strategy to expand across the Midlands and Southwest...

Axa Health has appointed Heather Smith as chief executive officer (CEO). Smith (pictured) joins from Allianz where she is currently MD for retail responsible for providing personal lines insurance to 3.7 million...

Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has appointed Gaby Joyner as head of Great Britain following the retirement of John Ball last month. Joyner (pictured), who has been with the company for 23 years,...