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The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has received reassurance from insurers about their desire to work more closely with advisers and healthcare providers to improve the availability of healthcare quality data to...

As a product, life insurance does not really change in nature. You die and your loved ones make a claim and their financial needs are taken care of. But processes around the...

Brian Kane has been appointed executive vice president and president of health insurer Aetna by parent company CVS Health. Kane succeeds Daniel Finke, who is stepping down for health reasons after nearly...

More than 7,000 people have been added to the number of people who who are economically inactive due to long term sickness in the UK in the past month. Last month data...

Private medical insurance (PMI) and employee benefits adviser Verlingue has appointed Ian McKinney as director, corporate - Midlands and South West to lead its new operation in Birmingham. The firm is opening...

Scan.com has raised a $12m Series A round co-led by Aviva Ventures, Simplyhealth Ventures, YZR Capital, Oxford Capital and Triple Point Ventures, with participation from Forefront Venture Partners. The London and Atlanta-based...

CIExpert's decision to introduce Guardian's new income protection (IP) plan on its Insight Zone is "just the start of the journey" to replicating its current review service for critical illness products, the...

YuLife has launched in South Africa. Founded in London in 2016, YuLife's group risk protection product provides life, income protection, lump sum disability, and funeral cover as well as a wellbeing app...

Perci Health, an online platform support cancer patients has raised £3.4m in a seed round led by Octopus Ventures. The additional funds will enable the company to further invest into its technology...

Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) has now raised more than £8m for the Alzheimer’s Society. Launched in 2017 in partnership with the charity, IUAD is led by senior professionals from across the...