Individual Protection

Paula Steele (pictured) is stepping down as director and moving into a consultancy role after more than 40 years at John Lamb Hill Oldridge (JLHO) from 1 January 2026.  Steele’s career in...

Over the last year Health & Protection held 14 roundtable events exploring every corner of the UK and international individual and workplace health and protection markets. These included our first events in...

The final quarter of the year saw several major highlights including the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 and Sir Charlie Mayfield deliver his Keep Britain Working Review. Health & Protection published...

The summer months saw Chesnara reveal it was acquiring HSBC Life UK, Doug Wright announce he was bidding farewell to Aviva, Lord Kinnock call for the ending of the VAT exemption of...

Over the last year Health & Protection dug into every corner of the UK and internaitonal individual and workplace health and protection markets. So here’s some of the key analyses examining how...

During 2025 Health & Protection introduced another batch of professionals making their mark after recently joining the industry.   https://healthcareandprotection.com/introducing-britney-trussler-dynamo/ https://healthcareandprotection.com/international-introducing-allan-sixpence-of-risk-experts-underwriting-managers-in-zimbabwe/   https://healthcareandprotection.com/introducing-emma-morris-nmg-consulting/ https://healthcareandprotection.com/introducing-jenna-collins-sante-group/ https://healthcareandprotection.com/international-introducing-nadia-jafar-of-bluestone-of-london/   https://healthcareandprotection.com/introducing-natalie-pater-sesame-bankhall-group/ https://healthcareandprotection.com/introducing-hannah-white-thomas-honour-mortgage-services/ https://healthcareandprotection.com/international-introducing-yannis-mamalis-of-international-brokers-in-greece/   https://healthcareandprotection.com/introducing-declan-maggs-london-country/ https://healthcareandprotection.com/introducing-rotimi-oke-emergenzz-financial-services/...

In our second quarterly review of 2025 covering April to June, Health & Protection staged its latest IPMI Summit. Guardian appointed a new CEO, Aviva switched its health insurance leadership, while there...

Fast pace change and developments have swept through the world of health and protection in 2025 in the UK and internationally. It was a year in which increases to employer’s national insurance...

The general consensus is that 2025 has been a relatively positive, stable year for the protection sector. Providers have largely tinkered rather than introduce wholesale product overhauls as the sector awaits the...

Underwriting has been identified as a particular pinch point for the protection sector, with industry professionals pointing to unprecedented backlogs of anything up to 47 days. A shortage of underwriters has been...