One in four NHS mental health inpatient beds are being outsourced to private providers and charities, according to analysis conducted by The King’s Fund. This was leaving the NHS and patients at...
Read moreEleos Life has launched Theea, an artificial intelligence-powered digital assistant designed specifically for life insurance. Theea delivers answers based on up-to-date information from proprietary data, explaining insurance terms and processes using plain...
Read moreRotimi Oke, financial adviser at Emergenzz Financial Services, speaks to Health & Protection about how his parents taught him financial planning is not just about selling policies, why his ultimate goal is...
Read moreBupa has expanded its at-home skin assessment service for health insurance customers to a wider range of everyday skin conditions such as rashes, dryness or irritation or suspected skin conditions like psoriasis,...
Read moreChesnara expects its purchase of HSBC Life (UK) to be “transformational” and generate more than £140m in cash during the first five years and in-excess of £800m over its lifetime. If reached,...
Read moreFirst Health has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as an intermediary member. Graeme Godfrey, director of First Health, (pictured) said: “We’re delighted to join AMII, a respected organisation...
Read morePivotal Growth has acquired a pair of mortgage and protection advice firms, More Choice Financial and McPolin Financial Services, for undisclosed sums. More Choice, a Bedford-based mortgage and protection broker founded in...
Read moreHub International has appointed Nelly Rose as national pharmacy practice leader, joining from NFP where she was vice president of pharmacy consulting. In this role, Rose (pictured) will develop and lead Hub’s...
Read moreIndividual membership of private medical insurance (PMI) broke the 1.6 million figure in 2024 but continued growing at a much slower rate, according to data from providers for Health & Protection’s annual...
Read moreIf protection industry professionals thought 2025 would prove to be a quiet year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, they have been proven quite wrong. This summer saw Chesnara announce its agreement...
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