Protection

Aviva has reported an 18% increase in health and protection new business in 2023 when compared to the first nine months of last year. The insurer's trading update for the third quarter...

Andrea Leadsom has been given a role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) as part of Rishi Sunak’s governmental reshuffle. Leadsom (pictured) is...

Lost workdays due to financial worries are estimated to cost UK employers £10.3bn annually, up from £6.2bn two years ago, according to analysis by the Centre for Economics and Business (CEBR). Presenteeism...

SimplyBiz and Defaqto parent company Fintel has bought adviser review site VouchedFor in a deal worth £7.5m. It has also bought insurer and investment platform ratings agency AKG for a potential £2m....

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added Wiltshire Friendly to its specialist group protection proposition. Appointed representative (AR) firms can now access the insurer's range of income protection products, with specific...

Mojo Mortgages has appointed Toby Anderson as head of protection. Anderson joins the mortgage broker from Loan.co.uk where he held a similar role. His LinkedIn account reveals he was previously head of...

Isobel Dobney, head of people and talent development at LifeSearch, speaks to Health & Protection about plunging straight into the world of work after quitting her university course one year in, taking...

Health, benefits and pension administrator Aptia has appointed a group chief information officer ahead of its 2024 launch.  Imran Ali (pictured) joins the firm following nine years as group chief technology and...

The NHS waiting list in England has increased once again to another record with 7.77 million people now on the list. For the first time, NHS England revealed there are 6.5 million...

The workforce could lose millions of female employees unless more is done to support women with menstrual and menopausal health symptoms, according to research from Simplyhealth and the Chartered Institute for Personnel...