International private medical insurance (IPMI) specialist barrister Simon Isgar has joined Saudi Arabia-based law firm BLK Partners as a partner and its head of insurance and reinsurance practice. Isgar (pictured) was previously...
Read moreWhile the number of people in the UK who regard their mental health as 'flourishing' has dropped back down to 2022 levels, employers who are happy with their company's mental health support...
Read moreShortlists for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 provider categories have been revealed after advisers voted to support their favoured providers. The shortlists cover 13 categories spanning the breadth of the...
Read moreSouth Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign the National Health Insurance bill (NHI) into law tomorrow (15 May 2024). But the bill has proven controversial, with private sector organisation...
Read moreThis Mental Health Awareness Week, Health & Protection features Florence Streames, finance assistant at Velvet Mortgage and Insure Services, who speaks about building a career in protection while coping with severe obsessive...
Read moreMortgage and protection firm Access Financial Services has appointed Jeremy Lock as director of compliance. Lock joins from Absolute Return Investment Advisers (ARIA) where he was head of compliance. Previously, Lock was...
Read moreMost workers who pay for dental care find it difficult to do so, according to research from Health Shield Friendly Society. The survey of 564 people in full- or part-time work found...
Read moreTowergate Health & Protection has appointed Kate Kilpatrick as head of marketing - employee benefits. Following the creation of its centralised advisory marketing team last year, Kilpatrick (pictured) will work in partnership...
Read moreKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Saudi Arabia has appointed Dr Björn Zoéga as deputy CEO. Icelander Björn Zoéga's career in healthcare management and policy includes his most recent...
Read moreIt is unsurprising that demand for mental health services has rocketed over the past couple of years. A global pandemic followed by a cost of living crisis has inevitably taken its toll...
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