International

Zurich has appointed Justin Delaney as CEO for Australia and New Zealand takings responsibility for its life and investments (L&I) and general insurance (GI) businesses the countries. Delaney (pictured) is replacing Tim...

HDI Global Specialty is working with a managing general agent (MGA) to take its international private medical insurance (IPMI) offering across the globe following an initial launch in Europe. Last week, Health...

Belong Health has made three appointments to its board of directors. Marvin O'Quinn, former president and chief operating officer of CommonSpirit Health, has joined the American private medical insurance provider. O'Quinn is...

Life insurer Octium Group has reached agreement on the acquisition of Credit Suisse Life & Pensions AG. The deal for the Credit Suisse subsidiary, which focuses primarily on German and Italian insurance...

Sri Lankan life insurer Janashakthi Insurance has appointed a former cricket world champion to its board. Cricket legend and member of the team that won the 2014 T20 Cricket World Cup, Mahela...

HDI Global Specialty has entered the private medical insurance (PMI) and international IPMI markets and has appointed underwriter Ben Haden from Generali to launch the operation. The firm, which is a joint...

Sri Lankan life insurer Softlogic Life Insurance has appointed Sanjaya Mohottala (pictured right) and Lalith Withana (pictured left) to its board as independent non-executive directors. The pair succeed outgoing directors Ray Abeywardena...

A fifth of Australians have admitted lying to secure a cheaper life insurance policy, according to research from Australian fintech Finder. The survey of 1,000 respondents found men (29%) were more likely...

Almost half of Canadian home workers are worried about contracting Covid-19 upon their return to the office, according to research from Canada Life. The study, conducted by Workplace Strategies for Mental Health...

Dublin-headquartered Spectrum.Life has raised €3m (£2.57m) to fund an overseas expansion of the digital health platform. The fundraising, completed with Act Venture Capital, will see the platform, which offers mental health and...