Protection

Specialist intermediary Towergate Health & Protection has launched GP Hero, a new service that it says will enables employees to receive “unlimited advice” and “reassurance” from a doctor 24/7. The service –...

More than two fifths of all deaths in the week ending 22 January were related to Covid, official statistics show. An analysis of death certificates suggests that more than 9,000 deaths –...

Lloyds Banking Group has hired Rose St Louis as its new protection director across the institution’s various brands. St Louis (pictured) will join Lloyds in March and succeed Gary Burchett who retires...

Millions of people across the country are becoming increasingly concerned that they will not be able to access medical treatment if they need it as a result of the pandemic, research suggests....

One in four employees say they need mental health support in 2021 after working through the pandemic, research shows. A third of employees are unhappy in their job – “largely thanks to...

MetLife UK approved 92% of individual protection claims - a total of 14,036 - in the last 12 months. The provider revealed the figure of 92% after publishing statistics earlier in January...

There has been a comparitively small but significant increase in the number of people coming into contact with “secondary” mental health services in England, official figures show. Statistics from NHS England reveal...

Zurich has launched a pre-application ‘decision indicator’ tool for advisers that it says will reduce the time it takes to get indicative terms for protection quotes. The new tool should cover 90%...

Direct Life & Pensions Services is set to boost its technological and operational capabilities after securing a round of investment from LSL Property Services. A spokesperson for LSL – a provider of...

A couple in their mid-20s now have a 63% risk of being unable to work for two months or more before they retire, research suggests. The figures – from the LV= Risk...