International

Axa Hong Kong and Macau has partnered with insurtech product development platform CoverGo. The aim is to increase Axa’s service efficiency by increasing speed to market for new products and to improving...

The second Santé Group charity golf day raised more than £1,000 for Heart Research UK thanks to support from the health and protection sector. The event brought together more than 70 representatives...

Dubai has jumped two places to the fourth spot in global individual international private medical insurance (IPMI) premiums, up from sixth in 2021, with an 8% increase to US$5,687, according to a...

Virtual GP services could be subject to European Union (EU) VAT charges from January 2025 depending on how the practice is classed following rule changes in Brussels. This is according to Sue...

US healthcare benefits broker Nava Benefits has acquired benefits consultants Nielsen Benefits Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nava uses technology in a bid to help employers cut healthcare costs,...

US president Joe Biden is moving against short-term health insurance, referred to as junk insurance, with the aim of boosting the effectiveness of Obamacare. Under new rules, short-term insurance would be for...

HCA Healthcare has reported a breach in its cyber security where a list of information on millions of its patients was released online. Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the largest providers...

Flexibility in health benefits may not be coming to the Middle East yet, but there is still plenty of scope for plan innovation, hears Owain Thomas.   With mandatory health insurance now...

Global health premiums will likely contract in 2023 as post-pandemic normalisation continues, according to a Swiss Re report on the state of insurance across the world.  "We estimate that global medex premiums...

Premium volumes declined in the UK last year, but its insurance market displaced Japan to become the third largest in the world, according to Swiss Re. The UK moved up to third...