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HCA Healthcare UK has appointed Luke Smith as business development director in its corporate sales team.  In his new role, he will support the organisation's plans for growth and help to build...

Courtney Marsh, the former chief executive of Health Shield, has been appointed chief product, pricing and underwriting officer at BHSF. Marsh (pictured) has taken on the role following a stint as interim...

Guardian has joined the Group for Autism, Insurance, Investment and Neurodiversity (Gain) as corporate member.   Through its membership, Guardian said it “seeks to provide better support to neurodivergent people within its business,...

The Baton of Hope has successfully been dispatched to 10 Downing Street to raise awareness around mental health and suicide prevention. The Baton of Hope, founded by former journalist Mike McCarthy, has...

Flexibility in health benefits may not be coming to the Middle East yet, but there is still plenty of scope for plan innovation, hears Owain Thomas.   With mandatory health insurance now...

Global health premiums will likely contract in 2023 as post-pandemic normalisation continues, according to a Swiss Re report on the state of insurance across the world.  "We estimate that global medex premiums...

Premium volumes declined in the UK last year, but its insurance market displaced Japan to become the third largest in the world, according to Swiss Re. The UK moved up to third...

The number of people joining the ranks of people who are economically inactive due to long term sickness declined by almost 30,000 in the UK over May. Data from the Office for...

Global life insurance premiums are expected to outstrip the 10-year trend for growth - expanding by 1.5% next year, according to Swiss Re Institute. The reinsurer's latest sigma report estimated combined global...

With more than three decades in the health insurance industry, Sue Smith, head of private clients at Advo, will be retiring at the end of this month – after a career that...