Individual Protection

Firms need to stop having “false negotiations” with staff and myth bust preconceptions about hybrid working, according to insurer Zurich. Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development annual conference Nadia...

Insurance and benefits marketplace Collective Benefits has received a US$10m investment from Prosus Ventures, the venture investing arm of Prosus. Collective Benefits offers insurance and benefits for independent workers across sectors. This...

The number of prostate and testicular cancer claims insurers are handling appear to have dipped during the pandemic with a worrying trend also appearing. As Movember, the annual event involving the growing...

Resolution Life has taken full ownership of Resolution Life Australasia by acquiring AMP Limited’s minority equity interest in the business for AU$524m. Resolution Life established itself in the Australasian market with the...

LV= is offering members £100 cash and increases to with-profits policy payouts if they approve the proposed £530m acquisition by Bain Capital. The insurer published its voting pack detailing the expected financial...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is making the most of data and intelligence as a means to find out which financial advisers are more likely to deliver poor advice, the regulator has...

Perhaps surisingly incoming critical illness (CI) enquiries appear to have fallen away as the pandemic has taken hold in favour of income protection (IP), advisers have told Health & Protection. However insurers...

The initial stage of the pandemic caused a dramatic fall in the number of diagnoses of the three most common forms of cancer in Scotland. Data from Public Health Scotland reveals that...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury (HMT) will be consulting this month on tighter rules for the appointed representative (AR) regime. The regulator also revealed that it plans to publish...

Manulife Hong Kong has appointed Candy Au Yeung as chief operations officer. Yeung (pictured) joins from Prudential Hong Kong where she most recently led on customer service, claims, medical network and policy...