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Spire Healthcare has corrected an advert for a surgical procedure after a complaint that its listed pricing was misleading becoming the second hospital group to face the issue. The Advertising Standards Authority...

Asia Pacific is the only region across the globe where employers rank “health and productivity of employees” among their top five strategic priorities. This is according to Aon's 2025 Global Benefits Trends...

The Exeter is to streamline the medical information it receives from GP surgeries with the help of IGPR, a provider of redaction and medical reporting software. Under the agreement, IGPR will be...

Zurich paid £360m in individual protection claims in 2024 to more than 5,907 claimants, up by 7% from the £336m paid in 2023. In all the insurer paid £220.2m in life insurance...

Through more than a quarter of a century Dr Doug Wright oversaw vast changes in the health insurance sector and he expects further significant evolutions in his absence. Wright (pictured), who revealed...

Freedom Health Insurance is launching a range of health and wellbeing additional services including support from Reframe Cancer, Skin Analytics, along with wellness and discounts. The Freedom 360 service is launching from...

Benenden Health has appointed Jon Cawley as chief operating officer, joining from NHS Resolution where he was head of claims operations for almost six years. Prior to that he had 25 years'...

Paula Coffey, director of claims, rehabilitation and medical services at Unum UK, has joined the executive committee at the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Having started as a practising registered...

Half of people aged between 35 and 44 expect to pay for healthcare treatment in the coming year - 10 percentage points higher than 12 months ago. Furthermore, using private healthcare has...

Swiss Re has highlighted significant issues for advisers where drugs originally developed to treat other conditions are being used by clients for potential anti-aging purposes - sometimes without being medically prescribed. The...