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Cigna Healthcare Middle East has secured a Category A health insurance license from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Oman. It authorises the insurer to underwrite, manage and issue health insurance under...

Technological turbulence caused by artificial intelligence (AI) is radically changing the way the insurance industry is thinking about business strategies, according to Comarch group CEO Jaroslaw Mikos. “The world is quite turbulent...

April International has agreed a deal for Abu Dhabi-based Hayah to offer a new range of health insurance and international private medical insurance (IPMI) products in the UAE.  Through the partnership, life...

Health & Protection’s fourth annual IPMI Summit took place last week at Easthampsted Park Hotel in Wokingham, Berkshire. The flagship two-day invitation-only event saw some 50 industry leaders from major broker and...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-  especially real-time transcription and large language models - is revolutionising customer service in highly regulated industries such as insurance and can ensure a much better customer experience.  That is...

Future Generali India Insurance has launched a new health insurance product called  Health Unlimited, which seeks to give greater financial security over rising hospitalisation and medical costs by offering unlimited restoration of...

Insurers and brokers will have to carefully manage their artificial intelligence (AI) usage to ensure that they do not move from the AI deployer category to the category of AI providers –...

IPMI should be seen as a right – not a privilege, according to Alban Bytyqi, EMEA reward consultant at Ricoh Europe.  Bytyqi was discussing the importance of providing IPMI as a standard...

Chennai-based Star Health Insurance has announced the appointment of two employees to the board – chief operation officer (COO) Amitabh Jain and chief marketing officer (CMO) Himanshu Walia.  Jain is now a whole-time director...

Axa Global Healthcare China and HSBC broker-Pinnacle China have announced an alliance to offer international private medical insurance (IPMI) to high-net-worth (HNW) clients in China.  Pinnacle China, a wholly owned subsidiary of...