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The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has published story seven, the last in its 7 Claims Stories series, an industry-wide project that has spent the past 18 months looking closely at the...

Royal London is introducing Magic Service through its existing partnership with medical evidence provider IGPR in a move designed to streamline the way GP reports are obtained and help reduce delays during...

The US has retained top spot as the most expensive international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, with costs up by a third year-on-year. This is according to SIP Medical Family Offices’ Health...

PAM Group and the brands within its portfolio will transition to the Optima Health name, marking the next phase in bringing the two organisations together under one brand name. The move marks...

Consumer trust in the insurance sector will erode if professionals aren’t prepared to effectively interrogate automated decision making. Matthew Hill, chief executive of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) (pictured), told delegates at...

Doctor Care Anywhere (DCA) has reached agreement with employee recognition, reward and benefits platform Rippl to give members access to its weight management programme. The benefit means members and up to five...

Aviva’s new virtual agent will not be taking on more complex claims related to bereavement or critical illness, the insurer's CEO has revealed. Dame Amanda Blanc, group CEO of Aviva (pictured), also...

Holloway Friendly and Wiltshire Friendly have finalised their merger with the transfer of engagements completed. Wiltshire Friendly is now part of Holloway Friendly after the merger proposal was announced in April. As...

Scottish Friendly chief financial officer (CFO) Alan Rankine will leave the organisation for another role elsewhere, ahead of its merger with OneFamily. Scott McNeill has been promoted to replace Rankine as the...

UnitedHealthcare Global (UHG) is exiting the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The move was revealed alongside confirmation that a deal has been...