Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

Editor of Health and Protection @HandPnews healthcareandprotection.com London Joined October 2009

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Ben Chu @BenChu_

3 years ago

What the Chancellor did in the #AutumnStatement in one chart 👇 - Received a £59bn windfall from higher tax receipts - Spent £32bn of this on higher welfare and debt interest (not public services) - The rest, £25bn, spent on tax cuts Result: total borrowing in 2027/28 unchanged

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Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist

3 years ago

1% per year increase in resource spending is incredibly tight. If that's what happens a lot of public services will see cuts. Here's one we prepared earlier. Another year of 1% increase means another year of cuts for many,

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Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist

3 years ago

NB - chancellor just announced a long term cash freeze in investment spending. That's a significant real cut of course. We already have public sector investment well below that in most comparable countries. That is not good for growth.

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Johnny Timpson @johnnytimpson1

3 years ago

@OTJournalist @HandPnews @ScottishWidows The ambition of the Consumer Duty to improve outcomes would have chimed with him, particularly in relation to improving customer understanding and support…

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Johnny Timpson @johnnytimpson1

3 years ago

@OTJournalist @HandPnews Thankyou @OTJournalist and @HandPnews for the opportunity to contribute to your CI at 40 articles. Colleagues please see this video youtu.be/BbGU1CBZsCg that Marius, my former @ScottishWidows colleagues and I made in 2007 for professional development and educational purposes.

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

@HandPnews @johnnytimpson1 And finally, what do the newest advisers in the market think of critical illness? Is it really the "hardest product to sell"? What do young adults need from protection coverage today and where can CI fit into that? x.com/HandPnews/stat…

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

40th anniversary of CI: Simpler definitions, severity-based pots of cover and tailored add-ons key for next generation healthcareandprotection.com/40th-anniversa…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

@HandPnews @johnnytimpson1 Next, some of the most experienced members of the UK market explain how CI evolved to be a necessary element of protection over the last four decades, it's ups and downs including the great conditions race, and why it is now in a much better place. x.com/HandPnews/stat…

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

40th anniversary of CI: Four decades of evolution from the first policy healthcareandprotection.com/40th-anniversa…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

Sunday 6 August brings the 40th anniversary of launching the first critical illness policy. @HandPnews has produced a series of articles exploring the origins, evolution and future for a product which has become a mainstay of the protection market.

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simon read @simonnread

3 years ago

The cost of living crisis is being compounded by a cost of money crisis, says Rachelle Earwaker, Senior Economist for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

After years of soaring regulatory fees and levies, some positive news for advisers in the health and protection markets. Also there seems little prospect of the retail pool levy needing to be enacted.

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

Health and protection advisers escape FSCS levy fees healthcareandprotection.com/health-and-pro…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

This is one of those heartbreaking stories that we wish we didn't have to write, but is so important to tell.

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

‘I’d love to say I wasn’t made aware of CI cover… it just seems ridiculous I didn’t take it out’ – Jonnie Irwin healthcareandprotection.com/id-love-to-say…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

In total Aviva has refunded £128m to PMI policyholders following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on private healthcare availability and claims.

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

Aviva makes further £47m PMI Covid refund healthcareandprotection.com/aviva-makes-fu…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

Fallout for the CBI continues as Zurich, Legal & General and Lloyds Banking Group all distancing themselves from the organisation.

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

Zurich ends CBI membership as Legal & General and Lloyds Bank pause activity healthcareandprotection.com/zurich-termina…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

And this is the best part of it... raising some much needed cash for a well-deserving charity. @WolframSyndUK

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

IPMI football match makes ‘big difference’ raising £1,100 for Wolfram Syndrome healthcareandprotection.com/ipmi-football-…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

Here's our round-up of a very competitive and entertaining FJN Cup match with some terrific action shots.

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

FJN Cup photo gallery: Team GBG Vs Team Health & Protection healthcareandprotection.com/fjn-cup-photo-…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

FCA's increased funding requirement of £684m includes £5.3m for implementing the Consumer Duty.

Health&Protection @HandPnews

3 years ago

FCA increases adviser fees by 10% as budget hits £684m healthcareandprotection.com/fca-increases-…

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Owain Thomas @OTJournalist

3 years ago

Its National Stress Awareness Month. Here's some of the ways advisers in the Health & Proection sector decompress and fight the stresses of life. I think there's more than enough talented people for the sector's own arts and music festival!