Individual Protection
VitalityLife offers cash back to Child SIC policyholders
VitalityLife says new protection policy holders who take out child serious illness cover (Child SIC) will be able to get cashback on their first 12 months premiums on Child SIC. The offer...
Read more‘UK insurer first’ as L&G trials digital blood pressure monitors
Legal & General is sending customers digital blood pressure machines as an expansion of its virtual screenings capabilities for protection applicants. Currently under trial with a selection of customers, the scheme, which...
Read moreAviva intensifies focus on UK and core markets as it sells French business for £3.2bn
Aviva underlined its commitment to focusing on the UK, Ireland and Canada this week by confirming it is to sell its French business for £3.2bn. Aviva France is being sold to Aéma...
Read moreDigital health and back-to-work specialist Reframe appoints CEO
Digital health provider and back-to-work specialist Reframe has appointed former McKesson and Amazon director Catherine McDermott (pictured) as CEO. McDermott’s appointment comes as the business looks to diversify from its core offering...
Read moreLocal authority social care staff take 1.1 million sick days in a year – but more than four in ten take none
England’s council-run adult social care sector lost just over 1.1 million sick days last year – but more than four in ten workers recorded no absence at all, official figures show. Statistics...
Read moreHealth Assured offers free access to mental wellbeing app for all NHS workers
Health Assured is offering all NHS workers free access to its mental wellbeing app My Healthy Advantage in an effort to support them through the Covid pandemic. The wellbeing specialist said the...
Read moreHalf of potential cancer patients avoid GP as result of pandemic
Almost half of people with potential cancer symptoms did not speak to their GP during the first wave of the pandemic, a survey suggests. There are now growing concerns that a flood...
Read moreLV= extends contract terms to cover lives up to the age of 90
LV=, the specialist protection provider, is extending its life insurance contract terms across several product lines to provide cover up to the age of 90. The changes will affect Life Protection, Business...
Read moreMDG strikes immediate needs deal with Aviva, Just, L&G and National Friendly
Medicals Direct Group (MDG) has formed a partnership with Aviva, Just, Legal & General and National Friendly in an initiative to create a common quote process for the immediate needs annuity market....
Read moreTowergate records 38% eight-week return-to-work EAP rate
One of Britain’s largest financial and employee benefits consultancies has recorded an eight-week return-to-work rate of 38% at one of its clients. Towergate Health & Protection says its work with an employee...
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