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AIG Life has appointed Neil Davies as commercial director, reporting to Phil Willcock, the provider's CEO. The appointment comes following the decision of Nicola Dryden, partnership director, to leave AIG Life after...

MAXIS Global Benefits Network has struck a deal with ICAS World, the employee assistance programme (EAP) provider, to be its global partner of counselling support and assistance. As part of the partnership,...

Legal & General Insurance has appointed Dr Tarun Gupta as medical officer (MO). An NHS GP, clinical commissioner and occupational physician, he will provide medical opinion on complex group risk cases to...

Six in ten HR professionals expect a “large and permanent increase” in remote working in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. And just 5% expect work to ever go back to the...

LV= is increasing non-medical limits for its Flexible Protection Plan (FPP) Income Protection plan. It has also removed additional evidence requirements such as teleinterviews. The changes, which come into immediate effect, mean...

‘Holistic digital’ health insurance ‘without geographical restrictions’ will be on the market in 2021, its developers claim. Spanish global insurance provider Further has merged with UK-based digital platform Trustedoctor to create Further...

A cancer doctor in the US has written off almost $650,000 of unpaid medical bills because his patients have been  unable to pay because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Omar Atiq had...

Patients with breast cancer are faced with £1,000 of out-of-pocket costs each year through no fault of their own, it has been claimed. A study suggests that chemotherapy for breast cancer costs...

The new owner of Priory Group – the mental health services provider best known for treating celebrities including supermodel Kate Moss and footballer Paul Gascoigne – has said it is creating Europe’s...

Companies should be on the alert for risks and potential emergencies above and beyond concerns over the current Covid-19 pandemic. That is the assessment of international risk management and assistance expert Healix...