Appointments / Industry

Bupa Global has appointed Liam Fenton as head of global partnerships, as he rejoins the organisation after leaving it a decade ago. Fenton joins from LaingBuisson where he was director of commercial....

Aon has successfully completed the transaction to acquire Global Insurance Brokers (GIB) extending its presence in India. The acquisition aims to strengthen Aon’s existing broking and advisory capabilities across the commercial risk,...

HSBC Life UK director of distribution Mike Furniss has left the insurer to take up a senior chartered financial planner position at Francis Clark Financial Planning. National account manager Richard Waters will...

FOS Expects 16% More Complaints, Pledges Faster Service and Cost Cuts The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has revealed it expects to receive 16% more complaints than previously thought this financial year and...

Guardian has started started to issue its first annual policyholder emails as it experiences a "strong" appetite for income protection. The emails were sent in line in with the commitment made by...

Spire Healthcare Group has sold its leasehold hospital Spire Tunbridge Wells to the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust for £9.975m. The transaction which includes the sale of the business and assets...

Swiss Re has appointed Andreas Berger as group CEO. Berger (pictured) succeeds Christian Mumenthaler from 1 July 2024 when he will also step down as Swiss Re's CEO of corporate solutions. The...

Dissatisfied employees are three times more likely to experience depression and over three times more likely to have suffered burnout, according to the results of a Vitality survey.  And unhappy workers lost...

Circle Health Group has offered to sell its BMI Edgbaston hospital to allay competition concerns about potential private hospital dominance in the region following its merger with BMI Healthcare. The move has...

Reports on UK resilience have offered a starkly sobering reminder of the scale of the challenge ahead for the protection market, the cost of failure, and the urgent need for the industry...