Protection

The cost of economic inactivity due to sickness absence and other ill health is likely to be at least £240bn per year but could be as much as £330bn, according to the...

The Exeter's member benefits app, HealthWise, has reported a record increase in usage. In 2024, 10,356 specialist appointments were booked through HealthWise, an increase of 175% from 2023. The data also shows...

John Dean has joined Secondsight as head of health and protection taking over from Anne Drugnick who had been in the role for the last 11 months. Health & Protection can reveal...

Government has announced £1bn of employment support measures aimed at helping disabled and long-term sick people back into work. The Department for Work and Pensions said the new measures are designed to...

Legal & General saw its protection premium income and new business rise in 2024 as it highlighted a “highly competitive market”. The insurer also noted in its annual report published today that...

More than a quarter of young people are taking career interrupting health breaks which are having a "massive" impact on the rest of the workforce. This is according to David Collington, partner...

Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding...

Everyone would take out protection if they could hear calls with customers. This is according to independent consultant, Phil Deacon (pictured right), who took part in a panel session at Health &...

The upward trend in the growth of the income protection market is largely because of increased levels of awareness among both advisers and consumers, according to Rose St Louis, protection director of...

Towergate Employee Benefits has hired Charlie Goodman as client director at Towergate Employee Benefits. Goodman has 20 years' experience in financial services including stints at Matioli Woods, Brooks Macdonald, Broadstone, Grant Thornton...