Appointments / Industry

AIA has sent a rallying call for fellow health insurers to be better negotiators with hospitals and other healthcare practitioners to keep medical inflation under control and ensure the sector remains sustainable....

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) pure protection market study at the start of the year pointed to a significant protection gap across the country. But health outcomes are equally affected by stubbornly...

Zurich Corporate Risk has launched a cancer risk assessment tool designed to help employees of group risk customers better understand and reduce their risk of developing cancer.  The digital tool, which is...

Vitality is appointing Gary Impett as director of its corporate business to succeed the retiring Pippa Andrews. Andrews (pictured), who retires after a more than 30-year career in group risk and corporate...

Fraser Bartholomew, senior associate, health and benefits at WTW, speaks to Health & Protection about exchanging the world of international cricket for advising on health benefits, facing up to the challenge of...

Employers with expats caught up in the current Middle East conflict require effective resilience planning and need to ensure their people and their families have access to an employee assistance provider whenever...

Axa Health International has agreed a deal with MIC Global Risks to act as the sole distributor of its global executive health plan (GEHP) in Tanzania. The agreement builds on the company’s existing...

Skin Analytics, a UK health technology company specialising in AI-powered skin cancer detection, has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. Founded in 2012 by Neil...

Just 21% of advisers under 30 support the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in claims and 38% in underwriting. This is according to the AI section of the Protection Distribution Group's (PDG)...

Personal Group has completed the design of its new group cash plan offerings, which Health & Protection revealed in January, and plans to begin testing them shortly with direct and partner sales...