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Growing waiting lists, practices not admitting new patients and the link between oral health and identifying other more serious conditions mean now is the time for employers to embrace dental benefits, according...

Axa Global Healthcare has hired two ex-Aetna senior members as part of a restructure of its distribution leadership team. Martyn Swann and Matthew Crudgington have joined Axa Global Healthcare from Aetna as...

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has issued a risk alert to all its members on the impact of high inflation. The alert aims to help bring to the attention of...

Virginia-based property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm Hilb Group has acquired Massachusetts-based Cook & Company Insurance Services. Based in Hanover, Massachusetts, Cook & Company provides health plan consulting...

Building a robust governance check list, appointing skilled trustees and knowing what employers expect from governance standards hold the key to protecting healthcare trustee boards from HMRC action following an audit. Presenting...

WTW has revealed a new partnership with Bupa UK that will see the health insurer use Radar Live as its lead pricing platform. The Radar Live platform uses advanced analytical methods and modelling methods to price...

US health benefits provider NationsBenefits has reached agreement to acquire health and wellness food manufacturer DeliverLean. The firm said its latest acquisition forms part of its strategic vision to expand its healthy...

While spiralling energy prices may affect consumer appetite to take out protection insurance over the coming months, advisers would do well to remind customers of budget cover options on offer. Late last...

A consortium led by private equity firm KKR has pulled out of a A$20bn (£11.7bn) bid to buy Ramsay Health Care. The Australian healthcare provider confirmed it had been told by the...

The cost of the average insurance scam hit a record of more than £12,000 in 2021 as more than £1bn in fake claims were caught, according to data from the Association of...