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Luxembourg-based financial group Foyer S.A. is buying fellow international private medical insurance (IPMI) provider Globality from Munich Re-owned Ergo Group. A distribution agreement is also being formed to allow the Globality products...

Firms operating in the health and protection industry should be adopting universal design principles to benefit everyone in their organisations, including neurodivergent individuals. Improving recruitment processes and demystifying industry and organisation jargon...

Canada Life has appointed Dave Sutton as customer services director. He succeeds Tracy Woodward who moved across to director of compliance and regulatory affairs earlier this year. Sutton was formerly head of...

Insured private medical admissions have hit a post-pandemic high, according to data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) . PHIN's data for July to September 2022 showed 134,000 admissions for insured...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has emphasised that its fair value rules do not mean prices for financial products and services cannot rise. However, it told insurers to ensure that any increases...

Aviva is finalising another Covid-19-related rebate for its private medical insurance (PMI) customers which is likely to be worth at least £19m, Health & Protection can exclusively reveal. Aviva announced last June...

Cleveland Clinic has opened the Fatima bint Mubarak Centre - a new cancer facility at its Abu Dhabi facility. The 205,000-square-foot facility is modelled on Cleveland Clinic’s Taussig Cancer Centre It provides...

Royal London's new business sales of protection products fell by 72% year-on-year, according to the mutual's full-year 2022 results. The results reveal new business from protection fell to £11m in 2022 from...

Aviva has reported an 18% increase in health and protection new business in 2022 to £221m, from £188m in 2021. The insurer said this had been spread across its individual and group...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has joined the chorus of calls on government to cut the rate of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) on health insurance in next week's Budget. The call...