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Zurich Insurance has made further commitments to supporting neurodiversity in the industry and become the Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment & Neurodiversity's (GAIN) first industry transformer member. Over the next three years,...

The number of working aged adults who are economically inactive to due to long-term sickness has risen by half a million since the start of the pandemic, according to official data. The...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has repeated its pledge that it will not apply the Consumer Duty to complaints retrospectively as it sought to reassure the financial servvices industry. During an Association...

Aviva’s UK health and protection operation recorded an 18% decline in new business sales from £51m to £42m in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2021....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is scrutinising Consumer Duty implementation plans from across insurance and financial services to understand the direction firms are taking with its flagship rules. The regulator also revealed...

Half of firms are reliant on the NHS to support at least some of their workforce should they require treatment, according to research conducted by Partners&. The survey of senior HR and...

Seven in 10 people living with cancer are facing unexpected costs averaging around £6,500 a year, according to a report from insurer Zurich. The Hidden Cost of Cancer report which surveyed 300...

Employee benefits consultancy Broadstone has appointed Brett Hill as head of health and protection. Hill (pictured) was most recently at Towergate where he led health and protection distribution and has more than...

Canada Life has closed its individual protection business to new applications immediately. In a statement this morning, the insurer said its decision to leave the UK individual protection market was taken following...

HM Treasury has backed a private members bill aimed at making it harder for co-operatives, mutuals and friendly societies to unpick their mutual status. According to the Treasury, the bill tabled by...