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Employers with expats caught up in the current Middle East conflict require effective resilience planning and need to ensure their people and their families have access to an employee assistance provider whenever...

Axa Health International has agreed a deal with MIC Global Risks to act as the sole distributor of its global executive health plan (GEHP) in Tanzania. The agreement builds on the company’s existing...

Skin Analytics, a UK health technology company specialising in AI-powered skin cancer detection, has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. Founded in 2012 by Neil...

Just 21% of advisers under 30 support the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in claims and 38% in underwriting. This is according to the AI section of the Protection Distribution Group's (PDG)...

Medical inflation continues to reshape employer health strategies in 2026. Global trend projections remain high, with leading benchmarks pointing to single-digit averages globally but persistent double-digit pressures in many markets. Aon forecasts...

Syrona Health has launched a medically supervised weight-loss programme that is available through insurers, intermediaries and employer benefit schemes. The virtual programme offers clinician-led assessment and prescribing of GLP-1 medication as well...

Personal Group has completed the design of its new group cash plan offerings, which Health & Protection revealed in January, and plans to begin testing them shortly with direct and partner sales...

Companies are struggling to provide private medical insurance (PMI) for their employees with premium prices reportedly rising by around a fifth last year. “Businesses with private medical have seen big and often...

Arnau Vila Llavina is taking on the role of Mercer Marsh Benefits multinational leader as John Deegan retires after more than seven years in the position and 25 years with the organisation....

Aviva paid £1.99bn across 61,632 individual and group protection claims last year. This was up from £1.89bn across 61,975 claims in 2024. The insurer paid more than 51,000 individual protection claims last...