International

Canadian broker Westland Insurance has acquired Vancouver-based employee benefits adviser Montridge Advisory Group. The acquisition was announced alongside the purchase of Ontario-based P&C brokerage BST Insurance. Jamie Lyons, president & chief operating...

More than three in 10 American cancer patients report trouble paying for their health needs, according to a survey from researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham using data from the Patient Advocate...

New Jersey broker and employee benefits consultant Conner Strong & Buckelew has acquired Pennsylvania-based Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll. Launched in the 1950s, Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll specialises benefit plan solutions, including managing...

AIG has launched the initial public offering of its life and retirement business that will see it sold off as a separate entity. Last month the insurer announced it was deferring the...

Australian life insurer MLC Insurance has promoted Lesley Mamelok to chief finance officer effective 28 October 2022. Mamelok joined MLC Limited in April last year and is currently the firm's deputy CFO...

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...