Protection

CIExpert is integrating its critical illness (CI) cover comparison service and insights with Synaptic's Pathways and Webline technology platforms. The partnership aims to use both companies' technology to simplify and streamline advisers'...

Royal London CEO Barry O’Dwyer has told Health & Protection that the mutual is interested in further merger and acquisition activity if it can find the right situation. If an individual protection...

The jobs of around 40 Aegon UK employees are at risk following the sale of the firm's UK individual protection book to Royal London, while outstanding pipeline applications have 30 days to...

Royal London is aquiring Aegon UK's individual protection line of business as the insurer is exiting this part of the market. A statement from Aegon said the sale supported it’s strategy to...

The number of people suffering with long Covid symptoms for at least two years has soared past three quarters of a million - rising 11% since the start of the year, according...

Unum UK witnessed increased demand for its remote GPs service during the winter as NHS services continued to be stretched, particularly out-of-hours. As of February 2023, the provider said more than a...

UnderwriteMe has agreed a strategic partnership with Inuvi, a provider of medical examinations and health services to the insurance industry. The product works by automating many of the manual processes that currently...

AIG Life marketing director Sue Helmont has retired after almost four decades in the industry. Earlier in her career, Helmont was a corporate communications manager at Aviva in 2005 where she worked...

LifeSearch’s employee benefits (EB) arm has agreed a partnership with WorkLife by OpenMoney platform. The intermediary will offer corporate clients access to benefits supporting a wide range of their employees’ financial, mental...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is introducing the proactively settled category to the way it processes cases to encourage firms to solve complaints more quickly. The regulator confirmed the move will be...