Protection

Three quarters of UK life policyholders are not directing the benefits of their policies through trusts, according to Swiss Re and Insuring Change. By failing to place life insurance in trust, more...

Eleven major insurers, representatives and healthcare providers are among more than 60 employers joining forces with the government to help tackle labour market inactivity. The organisations will be part of the initial...

The government has committed to developing a voluntary certified workplace health provision standard by 2029.  This was one of the key elements of the new model to manage and reduce sickness absence...

Reassured has appointed Laura Mullaney as chief growth officer (CGO). Mullaney (pictured) will help implement Reassured’s operational transformation projects including digital scripting and more effective contact strategies including engaging with customers digitally...

Consumers do not typically see a future need for protection and there is confusion and a lack of knowledge about the products and add-on services available. Research by the Association of Mortgage...

Human advice remains critical in ensuring consumers understand the true value of protection insurance amid a mistrust of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI). This is particularly...

Vitality is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) powered service with Google which it will use to apply greater health insights and actions to customers across its insurance products. The insurer aims to...

A standardised set of Workplace Health Provision (WHP) services should be developed in conjunction with existing providers and insurers, the Keep Britain Working review is recommending. It urges widespread adoption of non-clinical...

Incentives such as tax relief for employer health benefits will be critical to encourage take-up of changes proposed by the Keep Britain Working Review as it enters its secondary stages. However, the...

The Keep Britain Working Review has urged the exploration of pooling mechanisms to help make investing in the workplace health provision (WHP) affordable for SMEs. It likened the process as similar to...