Appointments / Industry

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Saudi Arabia has appointed Dr Björn Zoéga as deputy CEO.  Icelander Björn Zoéga's career in healthcare management and policy includes his most recent...

Value added benefits (VABs) as part of critical illness and life insurance cover are helping to ease conversations about mental health and provide vital support, according to research from HSBC Life (UK). ...

It is unsurprising that demand for mental health services has rocketed over the past couple of years. A global pandemic followed by a cost of living crisis has inevitably taken its toll...

Mental ill health accounted for the most common reason for customers to call Zurich’s employee assistance programme (EAP), but this coincided with a dramatic increase in the number of customer calls on...

Global insurance brokerage Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Melbourne, Victoria-based Health Insurance Consultants Australia (HICA).   Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  HICA is a specialist health insurance consultancy...

Whether international private medical insurance (IPMI) advisers should move to a fee only model was one of the questions raised at Health & Protection's third annual IPMI Summit last week. A new...

Nearly one in 10 people in the UK have travelled abroad for dental treatment, according to research from Canada Life. The insurer's survey of 2,000 adults across the UK found 9% had...

Insurers like Bupa are part of a broader ecosystem intent on driving down carbon emissions across the healthcare sector. This is according to Lyndsay Stecher, director of partnerships and development at Health...

­Healix has today announced three senior hires as the business continues to expand its team and product offering, including David Battle, Steven Whitehouse and Richard Jones.  David Battle joins Healix as non-executive...

The number of people waiting for NHS treatment remained largely unchanged in March, according to official data. The data showed the number of referral to treatment (RTT) pathways where a patient was...