London fared the worst
Month: August 2020
Number of people in Northern Ireland waiting for hospital consultant appointment passes 300,000 mark
Focus on COVID-19 pandemic leaving people in limbo - and in pain
Aviva makes ‘welcome, sensible and brave’ changes to critical illness proposition
Conditions now put under umbrellas of "clear, logical groupings"
Digital skills needed to work in insurance – ‘more than other sectors’
95% of job ads list digital as a key requirement
OpenMoney’s Worklife makes two key hires
Diverse skillset boosts employee benefits business
Watchdog upholds almost a quarter of complaints about income protection
Business protection also caused some problems
Health Assured’s David Price: Managing bereavement in the workplace during a crisis
Intermediaries can help clients to cope
Royal London slams Government ruling on life assurance payouts for NHS and social care COVID-19 casualties
An estimated 540 'frontline' workers have died from the virus
NFP Acquires HMP Insurance Advisors
European expansion for firm that has 260 offices across the US and 45 across the UK, Puerto Rico and Canada
Neilson Financial Services makes two appointments to partnership team
Direct-to-consumer life insurance provider strengthens salesforce
People with eating disorders dealt extra body blow by impact and reaction to COVID-19
Almost a third say their symptoms are "much worse"
Fear of offending people about obesity ‘could bankrupt’ the NHS and social care systems
Obese people are 25% more likely to use some form of long-term care
Status Global Insurance adds COVID-19 option to travel product
Cover underwritten by Lloyds'
Skin cancer deaths up 150% since 1970s, new figures show
Fifth most common cancer in the UK taking its toll
Supreme Court inheritance tax and pension transfer ruling shows that ‘financial advice is key’
Staveley case 'clarifies' stalemate on transfer of value
Two-thirds say taxes should rise to fund NHS since outbreak of COVID-19
Public wants to see better use of technology too
Ongoing torrent of calls to mental health helplines due to ‘narrow’ focus on pandemic
Greater Manchester's Deputy Mayor calls for more emphasis on 'non-COVID health issues'
Government pledges millions for social prescribing to tackle mental and physical impact of pandemic
Football, singing and painting all on the menu
Australia’s AMP Group acquires UK EAP specialist CiC
Global expansion on the cards
Multi-million dollar earnings of top US health insurance and funding bosses for 2019 revealed
Chief execs of six of the seven publicly-traded managed care insurers all earned more than $15m
RedArc MD Christine Husbands: Fewer claims ‘is not a good thing’ – especially now
Industry must ease COVID-19 fears and 'help those who need care to seek it'
Vita scores whole of market protection deal with Principality Building Society
Biggest building society in Wales used to have single-tie arrangement with L&G
Unum adds wellbeing and employee support modules to Help@hand and LifeWorks
New features aim to benefit workers and employers alike
Verlingue Employee Benefits latest to join GRiD
Group risk trade body continues to grow