Protection

LifeSearch has seen 4% growth in income protection (IP) business from Generation Z adults aged 24 and under, the intermediary firm has revealed. The advice firm is also focusing on vulnerable customers...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is taking over the Personal Finance Society (PFS) board immediately, citing "serious and significant" governance failures. The CII Group board told the PFS board that it intends...

Health & Protection is launching its first UK Individual and Business Protection report analysing the extent of the sector. The report is available to download for free by advisers, intermediaries and brokers...

Global employee engagement company Reward Gateway has appointed Nick Burns as its new chief executive officer. Burns joins the company from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, where he was chief executive officer...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has reached agreement to buy rival HR and employee benefits consultancy Buck in a $585m (£481m) deal. Under the agreement, Gallagher will acquire the partnership interests of...

Creating a more diverse protection industry is about fixing the room not women with more allyship and support from men and leaders needed, according to Debbie Kennedy, chief executive at LifeSearch. Kennedy...

There is little differentiation between protection products at present so insurers will need to stand out in the market on service level, according to Debbie Kennedy, chief executive of LifeSearch. She also...

It is likely general data protection regulation (GDPR) based on EU law will no longer apply in its current form - meaning the legal framework for processing health data and personal data...

Just 5% of executive incentive plans include measures of employee wellbeing while only 3% target workforce inclusion and diversity training, according to a report from WTW. As inclusion of ESG metrics increased,...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is proposing to charge more for firms which generate more complaints as it seeks to embrace a “polluter pays” approach to its funding. The regulator has also...