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The deadline for advisers to enter the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 is just over a week away on May 6. The awards website www.healthandprotectionawards.com includes all the categories and criteria...

A flexible approach to where their employees work is paying off for advisers who can see the benefits and drawbacks of homeworking. Research carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and...

The pandemic changed the way health services are delivered - perhaps forever. Insurers have noted increased demand for digital and virtual GP services and have responded in kind by designing or evolving...

Advisers have one week to get their entries in for this year's Health & Protection Awards. To enter all advisers need to do is tell us in 1,000 words or less how...

The number of people covered by group risk policies through their employer rose 5.9% year-on-year, according to Swiss Re's Group Watch report. The reinsurer's annual report showed the number of people insured...

Insurers are continuing to commit to hybrid and flexible working models but are not yet ready to introduce four day working weeks, they have told Health & Protection. Earlier this month a...

Legal & General Group Protection has agreed a partnership with long-term condition management support service ConnectPlus, from Health and Care Innovations (HCI). Available to all insured employees and their immediate family, the...

Lime Global has launched Lime OnCall, a modular healthcare subscription service for employers. The service features a confidential clinically verified service, created to provide employees with rapid access to medical advice. Where...

Insurance industry leaders can help neurodivergent people just by asking how they can accommodate their needs, one employee in the sector has revealed. Maxim Cook, company secretary administrator at international insurer Tokio...

The financial services industry needs to do more to create "psychologically safe" environments in order to better attract neurodivergent talent, according to Georgina Philippou senior adviser for equality at the Financial Conduct...