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The pandemic has focused expats' minds on health and wellbeing as never before and when considering moving abroad to take on an assignment, it is now one of an expat's key factors....

Healthcare International has bought the international business of expat and marine insurance specialist Integra Global. The acquisition by the international private medical insurance (IPMI) provider does not include Integra Global’s locally-admitted plans...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told insurers and other providers that it expects them to tell advisers and distributors how their commission affects the value of the product for consumers. The...

AIG is deferring the initial public offering (IPO) of its life and retirement business that would see it sold off as a separate entity. This would include the UK operation which provides...

Aviva's group risk and private medical insurance (PMI) sales offset a falling individual protection market while higher claims hit profitability in the first half of the year. The insurer said the value...

A serial health insurance fraudster has been jailed for a year after submitting more than 130 claims worth £24,000 to multiple insurers under nine different names that seemingly targeted cash plan providers....

I have heard the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Consumer Duty described in many ways. This ranges from “unnecessary meddling”, to which I do not subscribe, to the “Retail Distribution Review mark II...

Royal London's new business sales of protection products fall 43% year-on-year, according to the mutual's interim results for the first six months of 2022. New protection business sales were down to £12m...

Bupa has added 150,000 customers across UK its private medical insurance (PMI), health trusts, dental and cash plans products in 2022. Meanwhile the Bupa Global international PMI business has returned to profitability...

Principal firms must investigate the history of their appointed representatives (AR) including other principal firms they worked for and why their previous relationship came to an end. The requirements are being introduced...