International

Nigerian life insurer FBNInsurance has appointed Dr Femi Oyetunji as chairman. Dr Oyetunji (pictured) spent 10 years as group managing director/CEO of Continental Reinsurance before his retirement in 2021. He has also...

HDI Global Specialty has appointed Olga Candi as general manager and head of its branch in Milan, Italy. Candi has over nine years’ experience in the insurance industry and was previously underwriter...

Canada's Telus Corporation has completed the previously disclosed C$2.3 billion (£1.51bn) acquisition of digital wellbeing solutions provider LifeWorks.  The deal means the digital-first health and wellness services and solutions provider now supports...

Axa Global Healthcare has hired two ex-Aetna senior members as part of a restructure of its distribution leadership team. Martyn Swann and Matthew Crudgington have joined Axa Global Healthcare from Aetna as...

Virginia-based property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm Hilb Group has acquired Massachusetts-based Cook & Company Insurance Services. Based in Hanover, Massachusetts, Cook & Company provides health plan consulting...

A consortium led by private equity firm KKR has pulled out of a A$20bn (£11.7bn) bid to buy Ramsay Health Care. The Australian healthcare provider confirmed it had been told by the...

Ramsay Health Care said demand from private patients was continuing to grow in the UK as it narrowed its loss in the second half of the year after the failed Spire Healthcare...

Insurance marketing organisation (IMO) Family First Life has partnered with field marketing organisation (FMO) life insurance company Ethos. Family First Life said with the partnership in place it expected to reach its...

GeoBlue is appointing Simon Jackson as chief growth officer to lead the organisation's sales, client management, and sales effectiveness teams. Jackson (pictured) has more than 20 years’ experience in health and global...

Booming use of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) triggered by the pandemic means there is now a greater importance on the quality of data coming from these services, according to the Worldwide Broker...