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Doctor Care Anywhere (DCA) has reached agreement with employee recognition, reward and benefits platform Rippl to give members access to its weight management programme. The benefit means members and up to five...

Aviva’s new virtual agent will not be taking on more complex claims related to bereavement or critical illness, the insurer's CEO has revealed. Dame Amanda Blanc, group CEO of Aviva (pictured), also...

Holloway Friendly and Wiltshire Friendly have finalised their merger with the transfer of engagements completed. Wiltshire Friendly is now part of Holloway Friendly after the merger proposal was announced in April. As...

Scottish Friendly chief financial officer (CFO) Alan Rankine will leave the organisation for another role elsewhere, ahead of its merger with OneFamily. Scott McNeill has been promoted to replace Rankine as the...

UnitedHealthcare Global (UHG) is exiting the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The move was revealed alongside confirmation that a deal has been...

Verlingue has acquired Corpad Employee Benefits for an undisclosed sum. Corpad works with employers across the UK, advising on a range of employee benefits including health and wellbeing. This latest acquisition bolsters...

Zurich has launched Zurich LifeVault, a digital platform that helps customers organise wills, important documents, personal wishes and treasured memories in one secure place. The platform, which extends customer support beyond the...

Spire Healthcare made a £11.5m loss after tax in the six months to the end of June, reversing the £7m profit it reported 12 months earlier. The hospital and clinic operator was...

Robert Hunter has been appointed president of UnitedHealthcare. Hunter has been with the healthcare provider since the summer of 2011, joining as an associate for corporate development and holding an array of...

Advisers may be required to justify why a beneficiary nomination or trust has not been used when taking out a life insurance policy, according to Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager at Swiss Re....