Appointments / Industry

April International has agreed a deal for Abu Dhabi-based Hayah to offer a new range of health insurance and international private medical insurance (IPMI) products in the UAE.  Through the partnership, life...

Hannah White, protection advisor at Thomas Honour Mortgage Services (pictured), speaks to Health & Protection about starting out in protection as an administrator, helping a client who had lost her husband aged...

Bupa is including its Blua digital health services for free to Lloyds Bank’s Premier customers. The healthcare services are being introduced as part of the new account launched by Lloyds Banking Group...

Health & Protection’s fourth annual IPMI Summit took place last week at Easthampsted Park Hotel in Wokingham, Berkshire. The flagship two-day invitation-only event saw some 50 industry leaders from major broker and...

Scottish Widows is trialling the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems with the aim of speeding up life and critical illness insurance claims and underwriting. Using AI and natural language processing (NLP),...

Benenden Health supported its members’ health and wellbeing needs 180,451 times in 2024, up 4.2% (173,079) on 2023. The not-for-profit healthcare provider further revealed that the number of appointments booked for its...

To mark Dementia Action Week, Health & Protection speaks to Kathryn Knowles, co-managing director at Cura Financial Services (pictured), about the shock of finding out her dad had Parkinson's-related dementia after her...

The deadline is today for advisers to enter The UK Health & Protection Awards 2025. Entries can be submitted on the Awards website. Those entries begun today can be completed over the...

Telus Health has bought wellbeing provider Workplace Options in a deal worth around $420m, with around $350m in cash and $70m worth of assumed debt. Private equity investor GTCR will be investing...

Lindsey Rix-Broom, CEO of Canada Life UK is to become the CEO for Europe for parent company Great-West Lifeco, as of 1 July.  The insurer said Rix-Broom (pictured) would continue to lead...