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During our first year Health & Protection has tackled the breaking news and major issues of the industry and analysed the key trends driving the market. We have also interviewed the key...

As we reach the end of what has been a momentous year for the sector, Health & Protection looks back on 2021. During the year our analyses have covered a wide range...

Next year should see a greater focus on educating advisers and customers about how protection insurance can help them, Legal & General and Zurich have said. The insurers believe it is time...

Protection insurers will need to continue focusing on supporting customers through the claims process in 2022 as death claims continue be well above the long-term trend, they have told Health & Protection....

US insurer broker and employee benefits solutions provider King Insurance has acquired Piedmont Insurance Associates. Georgia-based Piedmont dates back to 1948 when it was the Spillers Agency and today is led by...

The UK government is to appoint a women's health ambassador to tackle "decades of gender health inequality" as part of its vision for women's health. To help deliver on the vision, the...

Mortgage, insurance and surveying services network MSS has appointed healthcare trust provider Healix to operate its healthcare scheme for employees. The bespoke healthcare trust plan will provide members with access to private...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired California-based Bradawn Insurance Services. Founded in 1983, Bradawn Insurance Services offers health and welfare consulting services to large multi-state public, privately-held, non profit and for-profit...

The long term financial wellbeing of young people is under threat if they continue to bear the brunt of redundancies caused by the pandemic, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. The investment firm was...

Employers should support staff who catch the Omicron and other variants of Covid-19 as early as possible as long Covid can arise from even initially mild infections. The advice came from Working...