Appointments

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has appointed Steve Hope, employee benefits director at Adler Fairways, to its executive committee, following its annual general meeting. Hope (pictured) brings 21 years...

Scott Taylor has joined Bupa Global as a senior product manager. He left Aviva after two years working in distribution and product risk and governance to take on the role. The new...

Pivotal has appointed Jon Round (pictured) as chairman of the board of Pivotal Financial Limited (PFL), the group’s newly-launched FCA-regulated, directly authorised firm.  He brings to the role a distinguished track record...

Chesnara has told Health & Protection that more redundancies could be on the way at HSBC Life UK as it works to integrate its latest acquisition. The insurer bought HSBC Life UK for...

Marsh has appointed Mark Riley-Pitt as strategic healthcare growth leader for the UK.  The newly created role sees Riley-Pitt (pictured) take responsibility for Marsh’s advisory function working closely with the private sector...

James Murray has been appointed health secretary. The MP for Ealing North and replaces Wes Streeting who stepped down from the position yesterday. Murray had been chief secretary to the Treasury since...

Wes Streeting has stepped down as health secretary. Streeting, who is widely tipped to run against Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader after a disastrous set of local council election results last...

Stamp collecting played a key role in the development of the first international private medical insurance (IPMI) policy, according to Per Bay Jørgensen, owner of Bay Consult International. Jorgensen, seen as the...

The days of long-term assignments are over. This is according to Kevin Melton, global head of IPMI at IMG, who revealed the company is working on a specific tailored short-term international private...

Alea has appointed Eric Lasaygues as head of Europe following the firm’s securing of a new French broker license (ORIAS registration) and the opening of its new Paris office. Based in Paris,...