Protection
ProtectX8: ‘My wife felt forced to leave her job to support our son’ – Williams
Rhys Williams has claimed his wife felt forced to leave her job after her employer refused to adjust her hours to allow her to take care of their sick son. This is...
Read moreProtectX8: Mental health services use can unfairly impact protection cover – Skelton
Clients who use mental health services, though they do not suffer from mental health issues, are in danger of being denied protection cover, according to Krystle Skelton, protection adviser at Cura. Skelton...
Read moreIndividual protection sales slump to five-year low but IP hits record high – ABI
Individual protection product sales fell to 2.1 million in 2023, the lowest figure since 2018, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The drop of around 100,000 sales represented a 4.5%...
Read moreProtectX8: Explainable AI is key to building digital trust – Lubczanski
Explainable artificial intelligence (AI) is the key to bridging the gap between the benefits of the technology and maintaining trust among policy holders. This is according to Dr Lizzy Lubczanski, client manager...
Read moreAllianz Partners promotes Koelbli to global head of people and culture
Allianz Partners has appointed Ariane Koelbli as global head of people and culture. Koelbli (pictured) is responsible for defining global HR strategy and implementing initiatives to support its growth ambitions, with a...
Read moreGuardian says 68% of its life insurance policies use beneficiary nomination
Guardian has said that policies with its beneficiary nomination tool Payout Planner in place accounted for 68% of its life insurance book at year-end 2023 and 74% of its life insurance claims...
Read moreThe Exeter appoints chief information officer and insurance solutions head
The Exeter has appointed Ali Law as chief information officer and Toby Bainbridge to the newly created role of head of insurance solutions. Law was a former group head of digital transformation...
Read morePDG adds two new firms and board member
The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has added Business Protected Ltd and Your Life Protected as members and appointed Chelsea Warren as board member. Warren, the head of financial protection at SPF Private...
Read moreFCA to launch customer vulnerability review
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has followed through on a commitment to launch a review into how financial services firms treat customers in vulnerable circumstances. Under the regulator's Consumer Duty, firms should...
Read moreEY appoints UK head of life and pensions
EY has appointed Alistair Brannan as UK head of life and pensions. Brannan (pictured) will also join EY’s UK insurance leadership team and remains client and markets leader for its financial services business...
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