International

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...

The international health business of Cigna Healthcare has launched a health benefits plan aimed at supporting globally mobile people aged 60 and older. As well as a range of health, wellbeing, and...

Centene Corporation has agreed to sell Circle Health Group to UAE-based PureHealth for $1.2bn. Circle Health operates 53 hospitals across every region of Great Britain, providing a range of surgery and treatments...

Neil Carruthers has been promoted to the position of head of international benefits at Lockton in the UAE, after starting at the company back in 2022.  With some 13 years in the...

Vhi Healthcare (Vhi), Ireland’s largest health insurer, has announced that it is to increase prices by an average of 7.0% as of next month.  The state-owned company says the increase is driven...

Aviva has appointed former Axa Health CEO Tracy Garrad as CEO of Aviva Canada. Garrad (pictured) who stepped down as Axa Health CEO in April, succeeds Jason Storah from 16 October who...