As Pride month draws to a close, Health & Protection interviews Nigel Ranger, a senior customer service advisor at MetLife, about evolving attitudes towards LGBTQ+ communities working in the protection sector. How...
Read moreA GP has reported a patient threatened to kill themselves if they weren't bumped up the list for their first jab. The startling claim features in the findings from a survey by...
Read moreFour in 10 employees have developed mental health issues caused by work, according to a report from Business in the Community. Consequently, BITC's What If Your Job Was Good For You? report...
Read moreBupa has warned that insurers which act solely as a go-between for patients and hospitals to fund treatment will not succeed in the present market environment. And the provider added that it...
Read moreA consultant surgeon at a high-profile independent hospital has accused other private cancer care providers of ignoring conflicts of interest when negotiating work to support the NHS during the pandemic. Satya Bhattacharya,...
Read moreNational Friendly has appointed Graham Singleton as CEO. Singleton, who joined the Bristol-based health and protection specialist insurer at the end of 2019 before taking on the interim CEO role following the...
Read moreTo mark Pride month, Health & Protection interviews Shaun White, senior manager of partnerships at life insurer OneFamily, about issues with bringing his whole self to work as a gay man working in the...
Read moreThe number of pure protection sales has increased over the past year led by a huge increase in standalone critical illness sales. This is according to the Financial Conduct Authority's Product Sales...
Read moreDublin-headquartered Spectrum.Life has raised €3m (£2.57m) to fund an overseas expansion of the digital health platform. The fundraising, completed with Act Venture Capital, will see the platform, which offers mental health and...
Read moreAdvisers have called on new health secretary, Sajid Javid, to prioritise tackling NHS waiting times and to turn to the private healthcare sector to help alleviate the mental and physical burden on...
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