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Technology firm Wipro has pledged to reimburse employees in countries hard-hit by Covid-19 such as India and Brazil should their medical treatment costs exceed their insurance coverage. Wipro is headquartered in Bengalaru,...

An analysis of overseas international health insurance claims made between 2019 and 2020 by global health insurance provider William Russell has uncovered five claims worth more than $300,000 (£215,000). The eyewatering figures...

US medicare agency Advise Insurance has appointed Andrew Clifton as president. Most recently, Clifton served as chief sales officer at Centene Corporation, where he was directly responsible for all sales channels across...

US benefits technology platform Benefitfocus has appointed Matthew Levin as president and chief executive officer, effective 10 May 2021. Levin, most recently chief strategy officer at payroll company ADP, succeeds former CFO...

US life and healthcare insurance solutions provider AmeriLife Group has appointed Mark Springett as senior vice president, enterprise data and analytics. Most recently Springett was head of data science, business intelligence (BI)...

US-based health advisory firm Curi has appointed Brad Diericx as chief operating officer of its insurance solutions business. Diericx will take charge core elements of Curi's insurance business, including its medical professional...

Global data science and digital health company Holmusk has bought UK-based mental health predictive analytics provider Otsuka Health Solutions (OHS). Holmusk says the acquisition from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe will deepen its footprint...

Financial services firm Sun Life Financial has agreed to acquire US medical intelligence and healthcare navigation provider Pinnacle Care International for $85m (£61m). Maryland-based PinnacleCare has more than 170 employees and 20...

US health insurance firm Brella Insurance has raised a $15m (£10.8m) Series A funding round led by Brewer Lane Ventures to bring its supplemental health solution to employers across the US. Brella's...

Spain is to enable employers to organise Covid vaccinations of staff through mutual insurance companies. The Local reports the country's social security minister José Luis Escrivá announced earlier this week that his...