Individual Protection

Vitality is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) powered service with Google which it will use to apply greater health insights and actions to customers across its insurance products. The insurer aims to...

Best Insurance is offering discounted accident, unemployment and sickness insurance to members of the armed service veterans’ platform, WeServed.  Accident and unemployment and sickness insurance feature alongside pet, gadget and home contents...

The chairman of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has called for the introduction of auto enrolment for protection to particularly help support the self-employed population. AFM chairman and Cirencester Friendly CEO...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has put the NHS front and centre as one of her and the nation’s priorities ahead of the Budget later this month. In a speech to set the scene...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Nikhil Rathi has called for the financial services industry and government to focus on increasing the financial capability and understanding of the UK population alongside inclusion...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told intermediaries to up their game when stress testing their organisations as it uncovers evidence of high debt levels and short-term refinancing strategies at groups hitting...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has identified a 23% increase in the number of people who used insurer-provided health services in 2023, such as virtual GPs, physiotherapy services and mental health...

AIA Group has reported 25% growth in value of new business (VONB) completed in the third quarter ended 30 September. The insurer saw VONB climb to US$1.48bn, a record for the third...

Jivtar Chawla, protection broker at Alexander Hall, speaks to Health & Protection about moving from mortgages to protection, navigating difficult conversations, his love of jazz and the saxophone, and how he once...

Cirencester Friendly has promoted Ben Howe to chief operating officer (COO) with the retirement of incumbent Shirley Fell. Howe (pictured), the current director of strategy and transformation, will succeed Fell from 1...