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Bupa UK Insurance has permanently appointed Richard Norris as general manager for business specialist products, subject to regulatory approval. Norris (pictured) has more than 20 years’ experience in the UK insurance sector...

Employers and advisers need to communicate their mental health provision throughout the year and not just at appointed times of the year such as mental health awareness month, the Health & Protection...

Interim Axa Health CEO Matt Vardy has yet to decide whether to apply to succeed Tracy Garrard permanently but is open to taking on the role. Vardy, who has been financial director...

Axa Health has launched a modular private medical insurance (PMI) plan for individual and family customers with no compulsory core option required. The proposition is initially being launched to a small group...

There is likely to be consolidation at smaller managing general agents in the international private medical insurance (IPMI) sector due to the scale required for such organisations to make meaningful profits, according...

There is a direct link between people who have just taken out private medical insurance and individuals doing the right behaviours to drive improved overall wellbeing, according to Gethin Nadin, chief innovation...

Aviva paid £373,949,994 in group protection claims to 7,273 employees and their dependants in 2022 and will be launching its first group protection claims report. More than half of the claims in...

Increased mandatory health insurance across the Middle East is creating knock on business opportunities for more IPMI business. This is according to Amber Musson-Thorp, general manager - Qatar and group commercial director...

The global pandemic has driven a shift from longer term to shorter term assignments, with knowledge transfer activities being especially targeted, the Health & Protection IPMI Summit has heard. Benjamin Bader, associate...

Legalisation of cannabis in the USA has triggered a growing demand for international private medical insurance (IPMI) coverage in Africa, the Health & Protection IPMI Summit has heard. The move has come...