Economy

More than a third of people in the UK have struggled to secure an appointment with a GP this past month. This is according to data from the Office for National Statistics...

Dubai has jumped two places to the fourth spot in global individual international private medical insurance (IPMI) premiums, up from sixth in 2021, with an 8% increase to US$5,687, according to a...

NHS dentistry is facing a crisis of access, and a complete shake up is needed to prevent further decline in oral health, according to a House of Commons select committee report. “The...

US president Joe Biden is moving against short-term health insurance, referred to as junk insurance, with the aim of boosting the effectiveness of Obamacare. Under new rules, short-term insurance would be for...

Guardian has joined the Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (Gain) as corporate member.   Through its membership, Guardian said it “seeks to provide better support to neurodivergent people within its business,...

Global health premiums will likely contract in 2023 as post-pandemic normalisation continues, according to a Swiss Re report on the state of insurance across the world.  "We estimate that global medex premiums...

Premium volumes declined in the UK last year, but its insurance market displaced Japan to become the third largest in the world, according to Swiss Re. The UK moved up to third...

The number of people joining the ranks of people who are economically inactive due to long term sickness declined by almost 30,000 in the UK over May. Data from the Office for...

A 'perfect storm' has created extraordinary private medical insurance (PMI) rate increases for UK employers, with some facing rate increases of more than 50%, with an average increase of close to 20%,...

An economic system that is based on capitalism, coupled with an aging demographic, has helped to ensure that health costs in Hong Kong are among the highest in the world. Stephen Ho,...