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More than three in 10 American cancer patients report trouble paying for their health needs, according to a survey from researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham using data from the Patient Advocate...

Will Quince has been appointed as health and social care minister. Quince (pictured) moves from the department for education where he was minister for school standards. He was previously parliamentary under secretary...

Zurich has launched the Zurich Access Portal - an intermediary portal for group life and group income protection cover SME customers. The portal is now available to organisations with between three and...

New health and social care secretary Therese Coffey has been told to "bust the backlog" as NHS England data shows the number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England has...

Spire Healthcare has seen private medical insurance revenue climb 14.7% year-on-year, which the private hospital group says had fulfilled its expectations of a return to growth within the PMI market. According to...

New Jersey broker and employee benefits consultant Conner Strong & Buckelew has acquired Pennsylvania-based Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll. Launched in the 1950s, Armstrong, Doyle & Carroll specialises benefit plan solutions, including managing...

AIG has launched the initial public offering of its life and retirement business that will see it sold off as a separate entity. Last month the insurer announced it was deferring the...

Dr Thérèse Coffey has been appointed secretary of state for health and social care. Coffey (pictured) succeeds Steve Barclay, who has only held the post since July when he took over from...

Vitality paid out a total of £82.8m in protection claims in 2021, with a total of 2,012 claims paid across its life and terminal illness, serious illness and income protection products, according...

Vitality's health and life businesses have helped to drive a 22% increase in new business for parent company Discovery in the UK on the previous year, according to audited results for the...