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Howden has received approval to open its first operation in Saudi Arabia.  With the opening of Howden Reinsurance Brokers KSA, it means that Howden now has a presence in 56 countries.  The...

The Exeter saw its membership rise by 5.8% to 146,385 in 2024 as private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection (IP) saw strong growth, but life insurance and cash plans sales dipped....

Aviva has extended its access to Circle Health Group (CHG) facilities by signing a fresh four-year deal.  It means Aviva customers will be able to continue to access CHG’s national network of...

MetLife and Sprout.ai will be expanding their work to speed-up claims automation beyond Latin America to other global markets including the US and Asian territories. The insurer said the move was part...

Healix International is making a series of senior level appointments across operations, risk management and sales delivery ahead of opening an office in Australia ahead of gloabl expansion.  The firm said the...

Shepherds Friendly has announced the appointment of Michael Williams as its first chief change officer.  In the role Williams will lead key transformation initiatives and ensure they are aligned with the organisation’s...

Axa Global Healthcare has appointed James Swatton to the role of senior distribution leader – Asia.  Swatton (pictured) will be based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for Axa Global Healthcare's IPMI...

The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) has named 12 insurers as meeting the criteria to be signatories to its Claims Charter for 2025, compared to eight last year.   The 12 insurers that...

Aon Singapore has appointed Tisha Soh as head of client services, health solutions.  Soh will lead the delivery of client service across Aon’s health solutions portfolio, partnering with organisations to design and...

Royal London paid 98.7% of all protection claims made in 2024, posting another record total of more than £751m as 65,385 claims were approved.  The figure was £20m more than in 2023,...