International

April Group has acquired Expat & Co, an independent provider of international private medical insurance (IPMI) for expatriates in Belgium. The move is the first in the company's declared strategy of growing...

A new mandatory healthcare initiative is set to be introduced in Bahrain later this quarter, but is unlikely to have any direct impact on the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market there.  Bahrain...

Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired the assets of Southfield, Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Meadowbrook Insurance Agency is a retail insurance broker offering a...

There is 'unprecedented opportunity' for life insurers across the globe, as three-in-four consumers are interested in innovative life insurance offerings to help them age well - but insurers lack the product development...

Almost all countries in the Middle East will see medical plan costs increase next year at a rate lower than the global average, with Jordan the lowest of all, according to statistics...

Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) is buying advice firm Healthcover as it targets a greater presence and opportunity in the international private medical insurance (PMI) market. PCH said it has completed the acquisition...

Medical plan costs around the globe are set to increase at a faster rate in 2024 than 2023, with the UK set to have one of the highest rates of increase in...

Amelie Dionne-Charest, co-founder and managing director of Alea Insurance, a Hong Kong-based broker, speaks to Health & Protection about how she started her company from ground zero in a foreign city, never being afraid to ask...

Howden has acquired Italian employee benefits service provider Wide Care Services. Wide Care launched in 2006 and offers a health and welfare management platform providing administrative services for supplementary healthcare programs and...

The winners of the UK Health & Protection Awards 2023 have been announced at a glittering ceremony at the London Hilton Park Lane. More than 750 advisers, insurers and other representatives gathered...