Protection

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that a string of tax allowances will be frozen until 2026, although a larger-than-expected increase to corporation tax will not happen until 2023.  Giving his second...

Added-value support provided via some individual and group protection products, intermediaries and other affinity groups, should include a clinical assessment from a qualified medical practitioner before treatment is provided. A clinical assessment can include...

One in five employees say they are struggling to cope with Covid-19 restrictions and 26 per cent disclosed that their mental health has deteriorated due to the pandemic, according to new employee research...

Canada Life group income protection customers and their families will get access to online GP consultations, second medical opinion services, smoking cessation support, mental health support through its WeCare virtual support package....

Legal & General is sending customers digital blood pressure machines as an expansion of its virtual screenings capabilities for protection applicants. Currently under trial with a selection of customers, the scheme, which...

Aviva underlined its commitment to focusing on the UK, Ireland and Canada this week by confirming it is to sell its French business for £3.2bn. Aviva France is being sold to Aéma...

Digital health provider and back-to-work specialist Reframe has appointed former McKesson and Amazon director Catherine McDermott (pictured) as CEO. McDermott’s appointment comes as the business looks to diversify from its core offering...

England’s council-run adult social care sector lost just over 1.1 million sick days last year – but more than four in ten workers recorded no absence at all, official figures show. Statistics...

Health Assured is offering all NHS workers free access to its mental wellbeing app My Healthy Advantage in an effort to support them through the Covid pandemic. The wellbeing specialist said the...

Almost half of people with potential cancer symptoms did not speak to their GP during the first wave of the pandemic, a survey suggests. There are now growing concerns that a flood...