Protection

Chesnara plc has today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire HSBC Life (UK) Ltd for £260m.  Completion is expected in early 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.  The...

Canada Life has appointed Emma Watkins (pictured) as UK CEO, effective from 1 September 2025, subject to regulatory approval. Watkins' appointment follows a decade at Scottish Widows, where she most recently served...

More than a third of UK consumers see private medical insurance (PMI) as an essential purchase. This is according to The Exeter's survey of 2,000 UK consumers aged between 18 and 70...

L&G has launched Spark in partnership with Spectrum.Life. Accessible via phone, laptop or desktop, Spark brings together all L&G’s health and wellbeing services under one roof, extending them to entire workforces and...

Declan Maggs, protection specialist at London & Country, speaks to Health & Protection about how his brother-in-law inspired his move into protection, navigating the challenge of cancelled policies and why drinking Red...

Rounding off Pride Month, Carly Wilden-Taylor, brand design and UX manager and Pride network lead at LV=, speaks to Health & Protection about there being more allyship across the sector, why inclusive...

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched 'Misrepresentation Matters', the third chapter in its '7 Claims Stories' series, led by the protection industry's Phil Deacon (pictured). The feature tackles misrepresentation, a...

Taking ownership of projects can help insurer leadership cross silos to embrace technology developments and work together, hears Owain Thomas   Download the roundtable supplement for the discussion by following this link.  ...

Lockton has promoted Nick Serrault to chief operating officer for its US operations.   He will remain based in Texas and will report to Lockton US president Tim Ryan.   Serrault brings...

Blueberry Life has reached its target of £500,000 in investment through crowdfunding for the start-up life insurance company.  The company has so far raised £502,838 through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, with more...