Protection

The Right DA Club has launched a protection helpdesk for its member firms. The desk has no additional cost and will be led by national account manager Gary Harrison who joined earlier...

Broadstone has hired Alex McNiven as business protection specialist, joining the consultancy from A-One Insurance Group. He will join Broadstone in its in rapidly growing employee benefits consulting division. McNiven has 17...

Life and health insurers should develop products to cover under-represented groups, promote “fair and inclusive underwriting” and offer mental health services as an essential benefit, according to a dedicated United Nations (UN)...

Trust is vital when it comes to any insurance product. Consumers need to be confident that the insurance company is a reliable, stable organisation that will be there for them when they...

Aviva is offering Origo’s Unipass Letter of Authority (ULoA) service to support individual protection cases. Letter of Authority requests and responses can now be obtained electronically from the insurer for protection products....

Cirencester Friendly has added a short-term benefit option to its My Earnings Protected income protection (IP) product, responding to demand from advisers and consumers.  It provides cover for up to two years...

Equipsme founder and managing director Matthew Reed has visited Downing Street three times meeting prime ministerial advisers to campaign for the removal of P11D tax on employee health benefits. In an exclusive...

SME employers in Hong Kong have gradually reduced the emphasis they place on employees’ health and wellbeing, according to research from QBE.  The percentage of SME employers who identified employee health, safety...

SimplyBiz has added additional support for advisers as just six weeks remain until the implementation of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) new Consumer Duty. The firm said it has added a series...

Fewer people being able to attend cancer screening appointments contributed to a fall in healthy lives across England during the second year of the pandemic. Latest data from the Office for National...