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The Health Compass international private medical insurance (IPMI) product sourcing system has launched. The platform caters for brokers with individual clients requiring IPMI cover. It provides intermediaries fully licensed access to the...

The pandemic changed the way health services are delivered - perhaps forever. Insurers have noted increased demand for digital and virtual GP services and have responded in kind by designing or evolving...

PG Mutual has appointed Andy Elkington as chief executive officer with effect from 1 May 2022. Elkington (pictured) will succeed Mike Perry, who will retire later this year. His more recent roles...

Canada Life UK has appointed Paul Russell as chief information officer (CIO) in place of David Germain, who had initially accepted the role but has since declined to pursue another opportunity. Germain,...

More insured patients were treated by private hospitals during the first quarter of 2022 than compared with the same period before the pandemic, according to new billing activity data from Healthcode. The...

Advisers have one week to get their entries in for this year's Health & Protection Awards. To enter all advisers need to do is tell us in 1,000 words or less how...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has announced additional help for insurance professionals to tackle stress. Throughout this National Stress Awareness Month, the institute is encouraging its members to access, at no additional...

Protection cover ranks lowest among the things Brits would sacrifice to pay for essentials as the cost of living crisis intensifies, according to research from MetLife UK. The provider commissioned Censuswide to...

Aviva has updated its Covid underwriting approach to no longer ask customers about recent Covid diagnosis or symptoms. The insurer revealed that from today the following question will no longer be included...

Cigna has retracted its previous statement about continuing to support international private medical insurance (IPMI) customers in Russia and will not confirm if it will provide treatment to its expat members in...