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Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) is buying advice firm Healthcover as it targets a greater presence and opportunity in the international private medical insurance (PMI) market. PCH said it has completed the acquisition...

Medical plan costs around the globe are set to increase at a faster rate in 2024 than 2023, with the UK set to have one of the highest rates of increase in...

SimplyBiz has appointed HSBC Life to its SimplyProtect range of provider partners. It joins Aviva, Zurich, Guardian, Legal & General, LV=, Royal London, Scottish Widows, The Exeter, Vitality and AIG on the...

CIExpert is integrating its critical illness cover (CIC) comparison service and Insight Zone with UnderwriteMe’s protection platform to streamline the process for advisers’ protection sales.  The partnership aims to ensure that advisers are...

Amelie Dionne-Charest, co-founder and managing director of Alea Insurance, a Hong Kong-based broker, speaks to Health & Protection about how she started her company from ground zero in a foreign city, never being afraid to ask...

YuLife has launched YuScore, an AI-powered metric that provides a real-time assessment of a business’s health and wellbeing profile. YuScores enable YuLife corporate customers to gain insights into their risk profiles based...

Breast cancer remains the most prevalent cancer claim for women, according to data from Vitality. The insurer's 2022 Health Claims and Insights Report, set to be published in full on Thursday (19...

Caspian Insurance has appointed Lisa Pointon as director of operations. Joining from Reassured where she was sales director, Pointon (pictured) will oversee all aspects of Caspian’s operations, including sales, marketing, and customer...

Richard Howells is joining LSL Group from next month. Howells (pictured) will initially be financial services chief operating officer before stepping up to lead LSL’s financial services division as managing director at...

Customer demand and affordability, not insurers’ budgets, are driving cuts and changes to the way cancer care is covered by private medical insurance (PMI), according to Aviva. Aviva Health medical director Dr...