Zurich has launched standalone critical illness (CI) cover for customers who do not want a product combined with life insurance. It is also widening its Total Permanent Disability (TPD) definition, offering standard...
Read moreAlmost three quarters (73%) of Aviva individual and group protection customers who have returned a valid annual health check through the insurer's DigiCare+ and DigiCare+ Workplace service over the past year suffer...
Read moreRoyal London has enhanced its Helping Hand service to include health and wellbeing support for new customers with the add-ons going live for existing customers soon. The enhancements mean customers who purchase...
Read moreNaomi Greatorex is to replace Alan Knowles on the Income Protection Task Force's steering committee. Greatorex, the owner of Heath Protection Solutions, joins Richard Walsh, Justin Harper, Mark Jones and Setul Mehta...
Read moreThis year marks a decade since the implementation of gender neutral rates were enforced on the UK insurance market following the Test Achats case that stopped insurers charging different male and female...
Read moreThe Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Jonathan Clark as interim CEO, with immediate effect. Clark is former president of the CII and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, and was CII...
Read moreAviva chief financial officer Jason Windsor has resigned to join Persimmon as its CFO. Aviva said its search for a new CFO is underway and will issue a further update when appropriate....
Read moreThe UK's mortality rate has hit its highest levels during the pandemic since World War Two. The country recorded 120,400 more deaths from all causes than expected from the start of the...
Read moreThe Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is projecting a 21% decrease in the costs of monitoring insurance intermediaries in its latest budget update. The FSCS revealed it expects the cost of monitoring...
Read moreVoting for the Health & Protection Awards 2022 has gone live. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries can vote here to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding in their fields during...
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