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Income Insurance drops digital arm sale after buyer hit with staff pay claims — report

The sale, agreed in June, would have moved 27 of Hive's 42 staff to Embed Financial Group Holdings and kept Income on as a customer of the platform.

By

Gloria Methri

September 9, 2026

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2 min read

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