Protection

British Friendly has promoted Claire Kelly to proposition director. Kelly (pictured) joined British Friendly as a new business consultant in April and will be responsible for proposition, product, pricing, underwriting and business...

Advisers should update employee risk assessments and meeting policies in light of new rules meaning double jabbed people no longer have to isolate if they come into contact with someone who has...

One in five advisers plan to exit the industry in the next three years despite optimism in the profession being high, according to SimplyBiz. In a survey of 300 members, the firm...

An employment lawyer is urging insurers and advisers to tread carefully when dealing with staff who refuse to return to face-to-face meetings. Melanie Stancliffe, employment partner at law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish,...

Vitality paid out £91.6m in claims in 2020 with a total of 1,632 claims paid across its life and terminal illness, serious illness and income protection products. Publishing its 2020 claims statistics,...

Aviva’s UK health and protection business saw profits rise to £107m in the first half of 2021, up by a third from the same period last year. The insurer also noted it...

The vast majority of businesses (84%) offer or intend to offer support services and interventions for ill or injured staff, according to research from group risk industry body Grid. Unsurprisingly the smallest...

Quilter saw its profits slashed in half while 141 advisers left the firm after deciding they did not want to become restricted in the first six months of 2021. The network said...

Insurers large and small across the health and protection industry are resuming face-to-face meetings with advisers as lockdown measures ease and more people are fully vaccinated. And Zurich has revealed it its...

Eight in 10 Brits say they are worried about having to take time off work due to illness or injury since the start of the pandemic, according to research from MetLife UK....