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Bupa has appointed Kate Williams as acting managing director of health insurance for Australia. Williams, currently director of domestic retail portfolio health insurance, is succeeding Chris Carroll in the role on an...

Best Doctors Insurance has appointed Sheldon Kenton (pictured) as CEO. Kenton's most recent role was as group CEO of Global Benefits Group (GBG) which he stepped down from in May. At the...

One year after the introduction of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Consumer Duty, the complexity of financial documents including for private medical insurance (PMI) has barely improved. And PMI itself has shown...

Johnny Timpson has called on government to do more to encourage employers to rollout adequate income protection (IP) provision and improve access for the self employed. Timpson's comments came as a report...

The creditors of DeadHappy have approved proposals put forward by the collapsed insurer's administrator Evelyn Partners. On 4 September administrators filled a notice of approval of administrator's proposals with Companies House. Administrator's...

Action taken by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its latest financial year has resulted in principals terminating relationships with 300 introducer appointed representatives (ARs) and 350 full ARs, according to the...

The UK ranks as the worst among all G20 countries and 12th globally in terms of women's health, according to Dr Amy Pressland, talent development manager at Benenden Health.  But if the...

Ebcam has joined the Association of Medical Insurers & Intermediaries (AMII) as an intermediary member. Based in Cambridge, Ebcam works with a range of clients throughout the UK representing a range of...

Axa Global Healthcare has appointed Daniel Close to the position of global head of large corporate new business on an interim basis.  Close was promoted from the role of senior business development...

Bupa UK Insurance has appointed Chris Carroll as chief executive officer, joining from Bupa Health Insurance Australia where he is managing director. Carroll's appointment is subject to regulatory approval with a January...