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Arthur J. Gallagher has acquired the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The deal sees Gallagher acquire the combined operations for an initial $3.25bn with the potential of a...

The competition regulator is reviewing the hospital sales and other mitigating measures proposed by BMI Healthcare and Circle Health which allowed the merger of the two hospital groups to proceed. A Competition...

The Priory Hospital Woking has undertaken a full environmental review after it was downgraded from good to requiring improvement by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and ordered to make improvements or face...

An employment lawyer has told Health & Protection that concerns around breaching employment law or data protection rules could be behind employer reluctance to follow Acas guidance on supporting employees to get...

International medical insurance, global assistance, and travel insurance firm International Medical Group (IMG) has promoted Steve Paraboschi to chief executive officer, effective immediately. He will continue to serve as president of IMG...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has ordered a Bromsgrove hospital caring for people with learning disability and autism to make improvements to ensure patient safety after rating it inadequate. The CQC carried...

Vitality paid out £91.6m in claims in 2020 with a total of 1,632 claims paid across its life and terminal illness, serious illness and income protection products. Publishing its 2020 claims statistics,...

Aviva’s UK health and protection business saw profits rise to £107m in the first half of 2021, up by a third from the same period last year. The insurer also noted it...

The vast majority of businesses (84%) offer or intend to offer support services and interventions for ill or injured staff, according to research from group risk industry body Grid. Unsurprisingly the smallest...

Quilter saw its profits slashed in half while 141 advisers left the firm after deciding they did not want to become restricted in the first six months of 2021. The network said...