Protection

The government has finally published its green paper on the future of social care. It proposes a new ‘National Care Service'.

Progress from Royal Liver has launched a campaign to help IFAs gain a better understanding of their customers through data segmentation.

The provision of health schemes is growing within UK companies, according to a report from PruHealth, yet employee engagement is still too low.

At progress from Royal Liver, we recently launched a campaign encouraging IFAs to adopt a customer segmentation approach. It was based on a piece of research we did on our own database with some quite insightful results.

Medical risk assessment experts, Healix Group, has added Malta, Turkey and Singapore to its ‘Toxic Destinations' list. The addition follows three years claims analysis reflecting the high costs of claims incurred in these countries.

Bupa International has launched Worldwide Health Options, a flexible plan designed to be tailor-made to suit individual customers.

The Government wants the UK insurance industry to work more closely with it to manage risks in society.

Best Doctors, the medical expertise sourcing service, is to shortly begin trials on a new service for protection insurers' clients.

Munich re has called for the adoption of US style ‘gap cover' in the UK. Speaking to providers at a group risk conference Andy Milburn, head of marketing, noted that membership of group schemes did not end for Americans losing their jobs, as there was...

The FSA has extended its regulation to encompass those that perform a ‘significant influence' function at firms. In a policy statement the FSA said it would place greater emphasis on the role of senior management, including non-executive directors (NEDs)....