International

Huma Therapeutics has completed its latest funding round with raising financing of approximately $130m (£91m). The investment will be used by the UK health tech firm to scale its modular platform and...

Canadian benefits consulting firm Riverview Insurance Solutions (RIS) is to merge with compatriot firm Sterling Capital Brokers (SCB). It is the latest move for Sterling in its national expansion after completing the...

Wipro is supporting its staff in India with access to Covid care centres and a nurturing wellness platform as the pandemic takes its toll on the subcontinent. Last week, Health & Protection revealed...

One in six adult American workers are staying in jobs they don't really want because they don't want to lose their health benefits. A study conducted by non profit health organisation West...

Global professional services firm Aon has added three senior members to its national healthcare practice in the US. Audrey Greening, based in Washington, D.C., joins as chief broking officer within the firm’s...

Technology firm Wipro has pledged to reimburse employees in countries hard-hit by Covid-19 such as India and Brazil should their medical treatment costs exceed their insurance coverage. Wipro is headquartered in Bengalaru,...

An analysis of overseas international health insurance claims made between 2019 and 2020 by global health insurance provider William Russell has uncovered five claims worth more than $300,000 (£215,000). The eyewatering figures...

US medicare agency Advise Insurance has appointed Andrew Clifton as president. Most recently, Clifton served as chief sales officer at Centene Corporation, where he was directly responsible for all sales channels across...

US benefits technology platform Benefitfocus has appointed Matthew Levin as president and chief executive officer, effective 10 May 2021. Levin, most recently chief strategy officer at payroll company ADP, succeeds former CFO...

US life and healthcare insurance solutions provider AmeriLife Group has appointed Mark Springett as senior vice president, enterprise data and analytics. Most recently Springett was head of data science, business intelligence (BI)...