Individual Protection

HealthHero is stepping up its plans in the health & protection industry with a new initiative to tackle Covid-19, a senior appointment and further partnerships with specialist intermediaries. The primary care and...

The pandemic is causing a massive spike in depressive disorders including anxiety but underlying health conditions also seem to be getting worse too. Data from Infermedica, the artificial intelligence (AI) AI-based platform...

The British insurance industry is bolstering the UK economy with a massive £2.5bn claims payout – including £204m in protection claims – while the country gets to grips with the Covid-19 pandemic....

Aviva and Bupa have both formed independent partnerships with UK charity Macmillan Cancer Support. Aviva said its partnership aims to help its protection customers living with cancer get access to the emotional,...

Life expectancy in the US fell by a full year in the first half of 2020, latest estimates show. Experts say the growing coronavirus pandemic is behind the drop to 77.8 years....

Businesses will have to find new ways of monitoring and managing sickness absence as a result of the pandemic, one of the country’s most senior scientists has said. As society adapts to...

A total of 65 MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease. And they have said workers who are suffering after...

Over 58% of IFAs expect demand to increase for tax and estate planning advice over the next five years, research shows. A further 39% of advisers expect demand to remain the same,...

Royal London paid £13.1m for Covid-19 claims in 2020 helping the families of more than 2,100 customers. The majority of the claims (2,110) were death claims with 2,049 paid out on whole...

The current pandemic has left two in three over-50s “determined” to stay living in their own home if they ever need care, researchers say. But six in ten (60%) of over-50s polled...