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Medicash refreshes brand and pledges more charitable giving as cash plan provider celebrates 150-year anniversary
Medicash, the Liverpool-based cash plan provider which has over 300,000 health cover policyholders across the UK, celebrates its 150th anniversary today. The organisation, which was awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool...
Read morePrivate hospital and NHS hospital performance comparison pilots get underway
Work to test how NHS and private/independent sector hospital performance data can be aligned has begun. The pilots, by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) and NHS Digital, mark a major milestone...
Read moreTeenagers suffering poor physical health as a result mental toll of pandemic
Three in four teenagers have experienced physical health issues related to poor mental health since March last year, research shows. A study carried out for Bupa shows that the overwhelming majority of...
Read moreSouth African insurers to pay vaccine costs for millions without cover
South African medical insurers have pledged to pay for a Covid-19 vaccine for millions of people who do not have coverage in a programme that could cost as much as 7 billion...
Read moreRGAX launches cloud-based UnderwritingPAL to integrate with OPAL
A cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) engine that allows insurers’ underwriting rules to be reoptimised and incorporate latest medical insights has launched. UnderwritingPal (UWPal), the engine being launched by RGAX,...
Read moreEmployers failing to promote benefit packages enough during recruitment process
Employers are being urged to do more to promote the employee benefits that they offer to staff as part of the recruitment process. The Office for National Statistics estimates there were 547,000...
Read moreAIG Life appoints commercial director
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...
Read moreMAXIS Global Benefits chooses ICAS as international EAP partner
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,...
Read moreLegal & General appoints medical officer
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...
Read moreSix in ten HR professionals expect ‘large and permanent increase’ in remote working
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...
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