International

Mercer officially opened its Macau office this week, which started business earlier in the year.  The office in the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR )is in addition to the company’s offices in...

Engage Health Group has appointed Penny Pemberton as head of international benefits. In her new role Pemberton (pictured) is charged with leading and growing the international benefits business, managing the team of...

Manulife Hong Kong has announced a partnership with Heal Medical, a Hong Kong-based multi-specialty medical centre, to provide Manulife’s customers with access to their medical services.   The move is a part...

Insurers are working at guarding against the risk of excessive price increases for certain customers due to the sector's move to increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in risk assessments. This is...

Bahrain has seen double-figure growth for its private medical insurance (PMI) industry over the last six months, according to latest figures from the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB).  That growth has driven...

Employees in Hong Kong experience the highest levels of mental or physical exhaustion at the conclusion of their workday, according to a report on the state of mental health across 12 Asian...

In the first of a new column, Steven Luk, executive director of employee benefits at Howden Insurance Brokers in Hong Kong, speaks to Health & Protection about celebrating his dad’s milestone birthday,...

Global Risk Partners (GRP), the owner of Premier Choice, has rebranded to Brown & Brown (Europe) and will adopt Brown & Brown branding going forward.  At the same time, the company has...

Maxis Global Benefits Network has appointed Suzanna Hicks and Nathan Dewhurst as member managers, supporting the network’s local insurers (members) across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. The pair join...

The development of a hybrid international private medical insurance (IPMI) and local product in Hong Kong has blurred the market for IPMI policies there, according to Aniz Sirajudin regional IPMI leader for...