Protection

The winners of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 have been announced at a glittering ceremony at the London Hilton Park Lane. More than 700 advisers, insurers and other representatives gathered...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun focus groups with members of the financial services industry examining ‘practical difficulties’ in the boundary between advice and guidance. The regulator also confirmed that its...

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Alan Waddington as director of distribution. He succeeds Andy Peters from 5 December. Peters has held the role of interim director of distribution since November last year. Peters...

The role of the adviser has never been more important in explaining the true value of protection as panic has enveloped mortgage customers due to fears around skyrocketing interest rates. And advisers...

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has called on government to develop a replacement for its Fit for Work Service as hundreds of thousands of adults become economically inactive and...

Mortgage and protection network Paradigm Protect is moving into private medical insurance (PMI) distribution. The firm revealed it is extending its provider panel to include PMI with initial access to three providers...

More than half of employers have seen an increase in demand for menopause support services over the past two years, according to Peppy. A survey of 504 HR decision makers carried out...

Lutine Assurance Services has joined group risk industry body Grid. Gary Bennett, commercial manager, Lutine Assurance Services, said: "Lutine has been active in the group life market for over three decades and...

While younger generations - particularly men - are getting better at talking about their own mental health issues, the nation is facing a "double whammy" from the aftermath of the pandemic and...

Unum UK has revealed it has surpassed two million employees insured across its product range for the first time. The figure includes insured employees covered by group income protection, group critical illness,...