Protection

Insurers may need to adapt their underwriting philosophies, risk appetite, and mortality assumptions in pricing and reserving to account for an ongoing increase in mortality rates in the UK and US since...

I cannot be alone in being a little surprised by the FCAs publication of MS24: Market Study into the Distribution of Pure Protection Products to Retail Consumers, following on so closely, from...

MetLife UK has appointed Claire Williams as strategic account manager. Williams' role follows a career break after her relocation to the UK from Canada where she worked at Canadian national insurance marketing...

Declining NHS performance over the last decade is disrupting UK workforce health and failing to effectively tackle the biggest causes of long-term sickness absence, according to Lord Ara Darzi. Lord Darzi highlighted...

The dire state of the NHS after more than a decade of neglect has been laid bare but the situation can be recovered and there remain strong vital signs within the service,...

Critical illness (CI) insurance and the protection industry are not living up to the full potential that was envisioned by CI founder Dr Marius Barnard, according to Johnny Timpson.  On stage with...

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has opened the search for its next CEO as Robert Sinclair is departing after more than 12 years at the helm. The body admitted finding its...

Alan Lakey, director at Highclere Financial Services and CIExpert (pictured), has been given the Barnard Award by insurer Scottish Widows.  The award was a "wonderful surprise" Lakey said. The insurer established the...

An expert group has been founded to advise the Labour government on tackling the issue of hundreds of thousands of people leaving the workplace due to long-term sickness since the pandemic. The...

MorganAsh has launched It’s Who I Am, a customer portal called designed to give customers the information and confidence to disclose potential vulnerabilities to firms. The It's Who I Am portal works...