Regions

US president Joe Biden is moving against short-term health insurance, referred to as junk insurance, with the aim of boosting the effectiveness of Obamacare. Under new rules, short-term insurance would be for...

Flexibility in health benefits may not be coming to the Middle East yet, but there is still plenty of scope for plan innovation, hears Owain Thomas.   With mandatory health insurance now...

Global health premiums will likely contract in 2023 as post-pandemic normalisation continues, according to a Swiss Re report on the state of insurance across the world.  "We estimate that global medex premiums...

Premium volumes declined in the UK last year, but its insurance market displaced Japan to become the third largest in the world, according to Swiss Re. The UK moved up to third...

The diabetes market in France is expected to reach US$3.39bn in 2028 and expand at a rate of 2.75% over the next five years, according to a report from Research and Markets....

Global mobility and people movements have changed significantly since the Covid-19 pandemic hit and with its easing patterns and destinations have shifted focus and direction. When coupled with major investment and development...

An economic system that is based on capitalism, coupled with an aging demographic, has helped to ensure that health costs in Hong Kong are among the highest in the world. Stephen Ho,...

Health & Protection returned to Dubai for our second Middle East IPMI Roundtable to examine how the market is evolving. VIEW THE ROUNDTABLE SUPPLEMENT HERE Twelve months after our last visit it...

Manulife Hong Kong has almost doubled its designated China hospital network from 1,700 to more than 3,000 listed hospitals across mainland China. “This makes Manulife the market leader with the most extensive coverage...

Richard Roper has been promoted to president of Mercer Hong Kong and Macau, as of this month.  Roper (pictured), who has been based in Hong Kong since 2014, was previously the Mercer...