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Employers must examine the risks they are attempting to mitigate with their benefits provision instead of just offering employees as many benefits as possible, Mercer believes.

Today's Protection industry is largely unrecognisable to that of a decade or so years ago, and yet some habits appear to die hard, says Nick Aumonier.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) is not currently financially viable and looking to change its constitution to bring providers into the membership, its chairman has said.

Bupa is in "discussions" with advisers about reopening the adviser market for individual PMI products after going direct to consumer in July, COVER can exclusively report.

A private medical insurance advice firm has championed a new computer system for permitting "good old fashioned face-to-face service".

A former IFA leading a campaign to rebuild consumer trust in financial services has called on the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to publicly back its agenda.

A former adviser who won £25,000 in compensation after being unfairly dismissed for 'drunkenly offending' a client is still awaiting her payout months after the case was resolved in her favour.

Capita Hartshead and Bluefin Corporate Consulting will operate as a combined business under the new name of Capita Employee Benefits from November.

HIV Positive people taking out HIV Life Assurance are insuring themselves for an average of £134,667, according to IFAs Unusual Risks.

Financial advisers working in banks will have a tougher time than IFAs persuading clients to part with a fee for their services, research suggests.