International

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will transition to a four and a half day working week and move to match the typical Monday to Friday approach across much of the rest of...

Digital health platform Vinehealth has raised $5.5m (£4.1m) in seed funding. The round was led by Talis Capital, with participation from previous investors Playfair Capital and Ascension. A number of angel investors...

Canadian health and life insurer The Empire Life Insurance Company has appointed Edward Gibson as senior vice-president, capital management and chief actuary. Gibson (pictured left) has been serving as both chief financial...

Aegon has appointed Astrid Jäkel (pictured) as chief risk officer (CRO) and as a member of the life insurer's management board She will take up the role from 1 March and will...

Axa Global Healthcare has appointed Andy O'Cain as global head of distribution. O'Cain joins from Aetna International where he was distribution director and will oversee the strategic development of all aspects of...

Aviva has completed the sale of its Italian life insurance and Polish businesses. In an announcement to the London Stock Exchange, the insurer confirmed it had received £462m from CNP Assurances for...

While expats enjoy higher wellbeing than local employees, their stress levels are on the rise due to concerns about their finances, according to research from Cigna. It also revealed that since the...

The business argument for greater diversity and inclusion in the workplace is simply this: the more ways in which you can look at a problem, the better chance you have of solving...

Maxis Global Benefits Network, the international employee benefits joint venture between MetLife and Axa Maxis GBN, has appointed Paul Lewis as global head of business development. Lewis succeeds Ricardo Almeida who has...

Manulife Philippines has appointed Rajeev Kumar as chief financial officer (CFO) and Maya Lee as chief operations officer (COO). Kumar (pictured right) will be responsible for optimising the company’s financial performance, including...