Protection

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...

HSBC Life is introducing a protection adviser support team which pledges faster replies to queries. “Advisers will be able to receive faster replies via phone or email from the specialist team on...

Robert Kennedy is being promoted to CEO for Howden UK and Ireland, replacing Carl Shuker who will become deputy chairman.  Kennedy is currently CEO of Howden Ireland and will take up his...

The Exeter saw its membership rise by 5.8% to 146,385 in 2024 as private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection (IP) saw strong growth, but life insurance and cash plans sales dipped....

Unum has been using artificial intelligence (AI) to help it identify policy definitions in its group risk products which can be improved. The insurer has also cut claims decision times for cancer...

MetLife and Sprout.ai will be expanding their work to speed-up claims automation beyond Latin America to other global markets including the US and Asian territories. The insurer said the move was part...

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Michael Williams as its first chief change officer.  In the role Williams will lead key transformation initiatives and ensure they are aligned with the organisation’s...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is publishing guidance on managing customer vulnerability while remaining GDPR compliant to help promote data sharing across the industry. The body noted there were “widespread misconceptions about...