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Canadian benefits consulting firm Riverview Insurance Solutions (RIS) is to merge with compatriot firm Sterling Capital Brokers (SCB). It is the latest move for Sterling in its national expansion after completing the...

Employers should offer long Covid sufferers who are prone to 'ploughing on' through illness practical, compassionate engagement as they ease back into the workplace. This is according to Dr Julie Denning, managing...

Ardonagh Group, the owner of Towergate Health & Protection among other brands, is to acquire Usay Group. In a statement, released this morning, Ardonagh revealed it had exchanged contracts to purchase the...

Wipro is supporting its staff in India with access to Covid care centres and a nurturing wellness platform as the pandemic takes its toll on the subcontinent. Last week, Health & Protection revealed...

Private healthcare provider One Hatfield has appointed Claire Armstrong as its new hospital director. Armstrong (pictured) joins from provider BMI Healthcare where she was most recently executive director of its 121-bed-flagship Clementine...

Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Hayley Robinson as group chief underwriting officer. Currently UK chief underwriting officer at the insurer, Robinson (pictured) has previously held various management roles in underwriting at RSA...

Spire Healthcare has been ordered to pay £20,000 after delaying telling four patients of concerns over their care at the private healthcare provider's Leeds hospital. The Yorkshire Post reports Leeds Magistrates Court...

Global professional services firm Aon has added three senior members to its national healthcare practice in the US. Audrey Greening, based in Washington, D.C., joins as chief broking officer within the firm’s...

Technology firm Wipro has pledged to reimburse employees in countries hard-hit by Covid-19 such as India and Brazil should their medical treatment costs exceed their insurance coverage. Wipro is headquartered in Bengalaru,...

An analysis of overseas international health insurance claims made between 2019 and 2020 by global health insurance provider William Russell has uncovered five claims worth more than $300,000 (£215,000). The eyewatering figures...