Protection

Vikki Jefferies is joining Legal & General Retail as market development director leaving Primis network after more than six years as proposition director. Jefferies is being appointed following the announcement of L&G...

MetLife is overhauling its Everyday Protect product by increasing the value of its most claimed benefits, cutting less-claimed benefits, increasing the price and widening the occupations covered. The changes will go live...

Richard Brown, senior manager at Scottish Widows, speaks to Health & Protection about how his sexuality does not define him in the workplace, the importance of being open about his sexuality and...

Guardian insurance paid more than £15m in protection claims in 2023 including 100% of life and terminal illness (TI) and 92% of critical illness (CI) claims. The figures were released as part...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has argued against a rigid, "one-size-fits-all" approach to regulating equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the financial services industry.  When it comes to regulating EDI within the...

MetLife has appointed Rachel Wood as head of product and data, ExCo at MetLife UK.  Wood (pictured) started on 24 June and will use her role to deliver propositions and take full...

DeadHappy is entering adminstration, Health & Protection has confirmed. A former DeadHappy employee, who wished not to be named, confirmed to Health & Protection that the company entered administration with effect from...

First Actuarial has launched a range of group protection services and joined industry body Grid. The actuarial and investment consultancy has spent two decades focusing on its pensions consultancy business and is...

Luke McKeown, senior product governance consultant at Royal London, speaks to Health & Protection about remaining continued bias perceptions, genuine change taking hold in tackling unconscious bias and why the sector needs...

The majority of UK workers are struggling to meet basic living costs which is fuelling a sharp decline in financial confidence and wellbeing.  The WTW 2024 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey found 89%...