Appointments / Industry

The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association has elected Michael Doughty, the president and CEO of multinational insurer Manulife Canada, as chairman. Doughty has previously served as interim president & CEO at...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has been forced to delay its highly controversial mass collection of NHS patient data in England for two months. The programme, which was due...

Sam Wells has rejoined Zurich for a third spell at the insurer having been appointed to the newly created position of head of proposition innovation. Zurich said the move was in a...

Incoming Financial Conduct Authrotiy (FCA) rules aimed at providing better value for insurance customers have far reaching implications for everyone in health insurance, according to Branko Bjelobaba principal at consultancy Branko. Last...

Sesame Bankhall Group has appointed Craig Ross to the newly created role of propositions director, to lead  expansion of its wealth, protection, later life, and mortgage services to directly authorised firms and...

Healix International has appointed current CEO Mike Webb as chairman while commercial director, Charlie Butcher will succeed Webb as CEO. The health and risk management solutions provider confirmed that Webb, who has...

An income protection (IP) customer whose policy was cancelled when he tried to make a claim has had his complaint rejected by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for failing to fully disclose...

Vitality is integrating with Samsung Health to provide members with more ways to track their activity. The partnership will allow members with Samsung devices to link their health profile to their Vitality...

Amazon has announced it is arranging free one-year Covid health insurance coverage for its sellers in India. The online retail giant revealed it is arranging the cover for registered sellers on the...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has backed a medical insurer and rejected a customer’s complaint after her treatment was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It published the case as a follow-up...