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Online retailer Flipkart has introduced unlimited medical insurance cover for employees. The Bangalore-headquartered firm revealed the insurance will cover all medical expenses and cost of hospitalisation, without employees paying any premium for...

More Americans with health insurance have been vaccinated against Covid than those without coverage, according to a national survey conducted by Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers...

The Conservative government has admitted there are “geographic shortages” of dental care as it comes under increasing pressure from MPs over how it will tackle the backlog in the nation’s oral health....

Health and protection insurance intermediaries plan to continue with hybrid working as the country emerges from the pandemic. Earlier this week, Health & Protection reported that health insurers are planning to continue...

A quarter of employees do not think their company benefits are relevant or tailored to them, with one in five claiming they would not be interested in benefits such as a day...

Insurers could face much higher claims from life and health policies or legal liabilities if they fail to test their products on diverse populations, Swiss Re has warned. And it suggested that...

Australia's MLC Life Insurance has appointed Andrew Beevors as chief claims officer. Beevors, who will be responsible for all aspects of claims handling and management leading a team of more than 300,...

US online provider of psychiatric and behavioural therapy services Cerebral has received $127m (£89.8m) in Series B funding. The funding round was led by investors Access Industries, joined by Silver Lake Waterman,...

Eight in 10 organisations in India plan to offer on-site Covid vaccinations or other support to get employees vaccinated, according to research from global non-profit organisation WorldatWork. The research showed 71% will...

The number of people on NHS waiting lists in England has increased by almost nine hundred thousand since the onset of the pandemic, with orthopaedics seeing the largest increase. The data from...