Individual Protection

HCB Group has launched into South Africa, extending its services to the country from its headquarters in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. First launched in 1984, the Oxfordshire-based firm provides employee health, wellness...

Hooray Health & Protection and Phoenix Health & Protection have joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Launched last year, Phoenix Health & Protection was set up by Richard Charlton...

LV= is reintroducing day one and week one waiting periods for self-employed customers applying for its Personal Sick Pay (PSP) product – returning to its pre-Covid position. However, a temporary Covid exclusion...

Allianz has appointed Anusha Thavarajah as regional chief executive officer of Allianz Asia Pacific. Thavarajah succeeds Solmaz Altin, who has decided to leave the organization on 1 December after 13 years with...

Kansas City Life Insurance Company has sold subsidiary Sunset Life Insurance Company of America to Bona Holdings. Kansas City Life said the sale is expected to generate a net gain of around...

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...