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Life in the North American international private medical insurance (IPMI) market is rarely dull at the best of times, but the last year has seen a major shake-up. The arrival of a...

Data transparency, longer-term contracts and sharing responsibility are the keys to easing premium inflation and controlling costs, Abigail Montrose hears   Premium inflation and cost management are the biggest concerns and greatest...

Members using weight loss pathway and medications are losing 9.3% of their body weight within the first three-months, according to Vitality. Earlier this year, it became the first health insurer to introduce...

Bupa is rolling out its weight management plan including access to weight loss medication to health insurance customers. The plan provides clinical and lifestyle support, including GP consultations, tailored health programmes and...

There is a wide disparity in the distance patients have to travel to access private healthcare across the UK, with patients in Northern Ireland travelling the furthest and those in London the...

National Friendly is launching an entry-level healthcare product which has no medical questions or underwriting. The Friendly Health plan is designed to help provide a diagnosis of a new medical condition that...

Chris Bolton has joined Aon as UK growth leader. Bolton (pictured) joins from Mercer where he has worked since January 2023, first as a consulting team leader and subsequently regional growth leader....

Legal & General Group has appointed Scott Wheway to succeed Sir John Kingman as chairman. Wheway (pictured) will join L&G's board on 2 January 2026 as an independent non-executive director and chairman...

More than one in four employees with workplace private medical insurance (PMI) made a claim in 2024 - up by a third from 2021, according to an analysis of employee benefits consultancy Broadstone's...

The UK's social security system offers relatively little protection when people fall out of work and current overhaul plans do little to improve the situation, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies...