Protection

NHS England is to scrap two thirds of its cancer wait time targets, according to reports. The move coincides with data indicating that the service is missing four of the most important...

Five in 10 UK businesses are using or plan to adopt increased homeworking permanently - but improving staff wellbeing is not the main motivator for doing so. This is according to data...

Health data is a key part of the ONS’s work; from tracking the pandemic to charting life expectancy, measuring mortality to counting carers and disability – it allows us to build an...

The Consumer Duty is not the only regulatory challenge keeping advice and insurance firms up at night. Incoming abolition of the lifetime allowance, right to be forgotten legislation in Europe and concerns...

Allianz's life and health business segment posted a 22.5% increase in operating profit year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023. The Q2 2023 results show lower asset under management-driven revenues from the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given the go ahead for LEBC Group to become part of Aspira. In a statement on the Aspira website, Aspira revealed the regulator has agreed that...

The Consumer Duty Alliance has appointed Michael Lawrence as chairman of its newly launched Consumer Duty Champions' Forum. The forum aims to help Consumer Duty Champions benchmark through early experience and the...

A canine companion played a key role in Emma Thomson's recovery from breast cancer. Thomson, who is head of protection development at Sesame Bankhall Group, was the subject of AIG Life’s latest...

Insurance intermediaries saw their total revenue increase by more than £2bn last year - rising 10% from £18bn in 2021 to £20bn. Meanwhile, the total number of insurance intermediary firms declined 4.2%...

The thought of using a phone or tablet to see a local GP may have appeared completely alien for some people pre-pandemic, but that has all changed as demand for virtual GP...