Protection

The pandemic has had the combined effect of focusing people's minds on the fact they are not invincible and causing many to interrogate their employer's group risk offering for the first time....

The government has dismissed calls to require businesses to report long term sickness due to stress as a health and safety issue. It said doing so would not be appropriate because “stress...

Almost a quarter of people who think they have had long Covid say it has adversely affected their household finances. And 36% of working adults who may have experienced long Covid said...

Zurich has appointed Justin Delaney as CEO for Australia and New Zealand takings responsibility for its life and investments (L&I) and general insurance (GI) businesses the countries. Delaney (pictured) is replacing Tim...

Global reinsurer PartnerRe has adopted software provider IPipeline's SSG Digital platform. Using the platform will enable PartnerRe to host multiple insurer underwriting philosophies in a single engine and facilitate fully underwritten comparison...

LV= has launched a pair of protection products to help cover the income and outgoings of people on irregular pay or working in small businesses. The insurer said the mortgage and rent...

Foxtons is considering selling its mortgage broking and protection advice arm Alexander Hall. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning, the estate agent revealed it is reviewing strategic options...

Protection insurers have received a ringing endorsement from government for the role they play in supporting workers' health. The endorsement features in government's response to its Health is everyone’s business: proposals to...

A subsidy encouraging the purchase of occupational health (OH) services will be tested by government as part of a range of measures to help reduce ill-health related job losses. It will also...

Protection broker Anorak has agreed a partnership with Plum that will allow the money management service's users to buy protection products directly through their app. Anorak's platform aims to help users navigate...