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Blue Shield of California has suffered a data breach that may have included millions of patients protected health information being shared with Google Analytics and then Google Ads. A listing on the...

Chedid Insurance Brokers in Qatar has announced the appointment of Alaa Ladkani, head of its international networks division, to the board of the Worldwide Insurance Network Group (WING).  WING, based in Zurich,...

Aviva has appointed Matt McGill as managing director for health, taking over from Steve Bridger who held the role for five years. Bridger (pictured) has been appointed chief claims officer for UK...

The Boss, Bach, Coldplay and even an adviser's son's own band feature among our latest list of stress-busting songs the great and the good from the sector listen to in order to...

LifeSearch has expanded its agreement with specialist military insurer Trinity to now provide private medical insurance (PMI) advice for veterans and the extended military community. This follows last year's deal to provide...

Insurers have outlined to Health & Protection how the changes to national insurance contributions (NICs) will effect employers with group income protection (GIP) plans. UK businesses now have to pay higher National...

Bupa is to open 70 mental health centres across the UK, with the first 20 set to launch in 2025. The provider attributes the launch of the mental health centres, called mindplace,...

Reframe Cancer has appointed professor Ben Kelly as chief operating officer. He joins Reframe Cancer from Nuffield Health, where he spent 10 years within their senior leadership team. As data director, Kelly...

Progress has been made in turning around protection market sales and the latest quarterly data has shown increased demand for income protection is continuing apace. But the protection gap persists, particularly among...

Group income protection (GIP) and private medical insurance (PMI) address slightly different needs and both have an important role to play in improving workplace wellbeing. This is according to Ron Wheatcroft, technical...