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Romana Abdin, the chief executive of Simplyhealth, is to step down from the role after seven years at the helm. A spokesperson for the healthcare provider confirmed that Abdin (pictured) will step...

Tributes are being made to Bill Poynton, one of the “founding fathers” of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII), who has passed away. Leading the tributes, Michael Payne, general secretary of...

LV= is giving up its mutual status and is selling its savings & retirement and protection businesses to Bain Capital, the private equity firm, for £530m. The deal follows the sale, for...

Aviva has appointed Doug Brown, the current CEO of Canada Life, as CEO of its UK & Ireland Life Insurance business. Brown succeeds Angela Darlington who has decided to ‘move away from...

Fears that the coronavirus pandemic has ‘closed down’ large parts of the private healthcare sector have been put to bed, as new figures show insured activity bouncing back to normal levels. Insured...

Geoff Maggs has joined specialist healthcare intermediary Medical Expenses Consulting as head of international clients. Maggs (pictured) began his career in private medical insurance (PMI) began in 1990 working for Bupa, then...

IPipeline, the digital solutions and services provider for the protection industry, has launched a new online self-serve tool designed to allow advisers to receive an indicative underwriting decision for their clients before...

International private medical insurance (iPMI) specialist APRIL International Care has introduced a number of changes to its MyHEALTH Hong Kong range, in particular to its “Elite” module. The changes - which are...

The vast majority of financial advisers believe that protection insurers should be more willing to pay out sums to clients who are diagnosed with incurable cancers, a poll suggests. A poll of...

The shocking impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on people’s dental health is emerging as dentists say they have seen a 78% drop in patient activity during the crisis. There are...