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Bupa UK Insurance and Cleveland Clinic London have launched a value-based healthcare pilot programme focused on enhancing outcomes in cardiac care, building on the success of their first initiative in arthroplasty.  The...

Healthcare ranked top when it comes to premium pay outs, according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) general insurance (GI) value measures data for 2025. The FCA data showed that last year,...

Most men continue working despite believing that they need medical advice, according to Benenden Health. A survey of 2,000 men aged 30 and 55 discovered that two-thirds (69%) would not take time...

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has launched a consultation on making amalgamations and transfers of friendly societies easier to complete. The regulator wants to improve the clarity and accessibility of Part VIII...

In an international private medical insurance (IPMI) market that is becoming increasingly heated with premium rises it is increasingly evident that being able to take calm, considered action will be needed to...

Dame Diana Johnson (pictured) has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care. The MP for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham was previously minister of state...

Vitality has announced the full launch of personalised step targets, through Vitality AI, aimed at improving the health of low-activity members. The new personalised steps programme uses data and science to tailor...

While high-income countries experience the widest morbidity gaps, reflecting gains in lifespan, this is not being matched by gains in healthy years of life. This is according to a study, published in...

Legal & General has told Health & Protection it remains committed to the group critical illness (CI) market despite telling an adviser it was temporarily halting all quoting "as company" for the...

Advisers have called for continuity in maintaining government initiatives such as Keep Britain Working and the Milburn Review tackling youth labour market inactivity following Yvette Cooper’s appointment as health secretary. Cooper is...