Life/Health/Critical illness

Life & Pensions: CMI Publishes Mortality Rates for UK

The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has released the latest annual update to the CMI Mortality Projections Model, CMI_2020. Mortality rates in England and Wales in 2020 were on average 12% higher than in 2019 because […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Guidance on Treating Vulnerable Customers Fairly

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published final guidance clarifying its expectations of firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. The guidance aims to drive improvements in the way firms treat vulnerable consumers […]

Opinion

How Covid-19 Boosted Two Particular Areas Of The Insurance Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic caught the world by surprise and just three months after the first suspected case, most of the world went into lockdown. This caused a significant impact on the world’s economies as stocks, […]

News

Is The NHS Delivering on Cancer Diagnosis & Treatments?

On World Cancer Day (4th Feb), Cheryl Brennan, Executive Director for Health and Benefits at Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing, says that the latest lockdown is causing growing concern about the potential disruption to cancer […]

Insurance Brokers

Broker: FCA Survey On Covid-19 Impact Finds Mixed Results

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the results of its coronavirus (Covid-19) financial resilience surveys. The surveys were sent to solo-regulated firms to inform the FCA of the impact of coronavirus on firms’ […]

News

Belgian Insurer Is Backing New Covid Breath Test, 5 Min Result

The established stick-up-the-nose test for Covid is uncomfortable and results can take a while to process too. That slow results service has a huge impact on the cancellation of everyone’s social life. There’s no doubt […]

Global insurance trends

Covid Healthcare: FDH Bank Pledges MK3.2m to Blantyre DHO

In May 2020, FDH Bank donated MK3.2 million in medical equipment to the Blantyre District Health Office (DHO) in support of its efforts to fight COVID-19. Kawawa Msapato, FDH Bank’s Head of Personal and Business […]