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LycaHealth has become the majority shareholder in KIMS Hospital. LycaHealth confirmed it is investing more than £140 million to grow its business in the UK over the next five years and part...

Bupa has launched a Menopause HealthLine for health insurance customers and its employees. Rolled out ahead of World Menopause Day on 18 October, the helpline offers access to menopause-trained nurses for advice...

Charles Randell has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to start the process to appoint his successor as chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). Randell, who...

Aviva has appointed Fran Bruce as managing director (MD) of protection to oversee the individual and group businesses under one role – replacing Paul Brencher and Kathryn Stringer respectively. Brencher was previously...

LifeSearch CEO Tom Baigrie and former Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) executive chairman Stuart Scullion have been recognised with Outstanding Contribution Awards at the first UK Health & Protection Awards....

US life insurance broker Guaranteed Rate Insurance has appointed Jeff Wingate as executive vice president. Wingate (pictured) is charged with leading the team of more than 200 insurance professionals with a focus...

Legal & General is merging its insurance and retail retirement divisions, Health & Protection has learned. The insurer revealed the changes to staff yesterday afternoon and confirmed the move to Health &...

LV= has pledged to permanently maintain its payment holiday for struggling and vulnerable protection policyholders. The insurer is also planning a simplification of its critical illness (CI) product line which will allow...

GP surgeries in England are to receive additional funding as part of a plan to help them see more patients face-to-face. The plan, published today by the NHS and the Department of...

Bupa Global has launched Bupa LifeWorks employee assistance programme and digital wellbeing platform Bupa LifeWorks. It will be available to all group schemes, SME and corporate, and their employees as standard across...