Appointments / Industry

International private medical insurance (IPMI) providers should take a "psycho-logical" approach when designing underwriting forms. This is according to William Trump, founder and lead consultant at Unconventional Wisdom (pictured), who imparted three...

International private medical insurance (IPMI) providers could learn from the US and implement excesses linked to wellbeing in order to tackle premium inflation. This is according to Tristan Cleaver, premier consultant -...

IPMI should be seen as a right – not a privilege, according to Alban Bytyqi, EMEA reward consultant at Ricoh Europe.  Bytyqi was discussing the importance of providing IPMI as a standard...

Hiring hackers to keep their organisation safe from cyber threats is just one of the expectations organisations operating in the international private medical insurance (IPMI) industry should have of the third-party administrators...

Multinational employers are increasingly interrogating their vendors to strike a better deal on pricing of health and wellbeing benefits. This is according to Kelly McCain, director of international expansion at Business Group...

FJN Growth Solutions has announced the appointment of Amber Musson-Thorp and Duncan Campbell as members of their consultant panel.  Musson-Thorp has more than 23 years of international and leadership experience in launching, scaling...

The UK group risk industry paid out £2.59bn during 2024, an increase of £99.2m compared to 2023, according to Grid – the industry body for the group risk protection sector.  There was...

Chennai-based Star Health Insurance has announced the appointment of two employees to the board – chief operation officer (COO) Amitabh Jain and chief marketing officer (CMO) Himanshu Walia.  Jain is now a whole-time director...

Santé Group has launched Santé Care, a new healthcare offering developed in partnership with Patient Advocate and underwritten by Pulse Insurance. The solution aims to offer uninsured and underinsured employees quicker personalised...

A year on from taking the helm as Simplyhealth's CEO, Paul Schreier (pictured), speaks to Health & Protection about why purpose and potential were key factors for him becoming the firm's CEO...