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Resolution Life completes AU$524m deal for Australasia business
Resolution Life has taken full ownership of Resolution Life Australasia by acquiring AMP Limited’s minority equity interest in the business for AU$524m. Resolution Life established itself in the Australasian market with the...
Read moreLV= offers £100 and with-profits bonus for members to support Bain takeover
LV= is offering members £100 cash and increases to with-profits policy payouts if they approve the proposed £530m acquisition by Bain Capital. The insurer published its voting pack detailing the expected financial...
Read moreCI losing out to IP as two-tier product development needed – analysis
Perhaps surisingly incoming critical illness (CI) enquiries appear to have fallen away as the pandemic has taken hold in favour of income protection (IP), advisers have told Health & Protection. However insurers...
Read morePandemic takes toll on number of cancer diagnoses in Scotland
The initial stage of the pandemic caused a dramatic fall in the number of diagnoses of the three most common forms of cancer in Scotland. Data from Public Health Scotland reveals that...
Read moreRisk Strategies acquires employee benefits insurance agency
US broker and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired employee benefits insurance agency Better Business Planning. Terms of the deal were not announced. Based in Itasca, Illinois, Better Business Planning specialises...
Read moreAbu Dhabi confirms Golden visa applicants need health cover or face paying in full
Abu Dhabi's department of health (DoH) has clarified that Golden visa applicants not currently employed in the emirate must ensure they have valid health insurance when there. The clarifications from Abu Dhabi's...
Read moreManulife Hong Kong hires COO from Prudential
Manulife Hong Kong has appointed Candy Au Yeung as chief operations officer. Yeung (pictured) joins from Prudential Hong Kong where she most recently led on customer service, claims, medical network and policy...
Read moreFour in 10 lack safety net if unable to work through illness – Cigna
Four in 10 Britons say they have no financial security if they were to find themselves unable to work due to illness, according to research by Cigna Europe. The survey also showed...
Read moreCQC rates two Staffordshire mental health hospitals inadequate for second time
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated two Staffordshire mental health hospitals as inadequate for the second time in six months. The CQC inspected John Munroe Hospital, a 57-bed hospital for men...
Read moreBreast Cancer Awareness Month: Covid stopped third of people following-up concerns
More than a third of people did not follow up breast cancer worries due to the pandemic, according to research from Aviva. Its survey of 1,000 UK consumers found that, when asked...
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