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The Association of British Insurers' new online mental health training platform will ensure customers who disclose a mental health condition are treated consistently across the industry, according to director of policy for...

Stephen Hough has joined GRP-owned Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) as managing director. Hough's appointment follows on from Premier Choice's acquisition by GRP Group last year. Hough, whose most recent role was as...

Medibank has appointed David Koczkar as chief executive officer. Currently the Australian private medical insurer's chief customer officer, Koczkar assumes his new role from 17 May 2021. He succeeds Craig Drummond, who...

Insurer Zurich has launched Virtual GP and second medical opinion services 'ZGP24' to support its group risk customers. ZGP24, introduced for new and reviewing group income protection and group life customers and...

Canada Life has appointed Lindsey Rix as UK chief executive officer. Rix, who succeeds Doug Brown who left the life insurer late last year, will report into David Harney, president and chief...

Life insurer Canada Life has partnered with fintech Conquest Planning to deliver a financial planning platform aimed at enabling advisers to streamline the financial planning process. The application uses AI and real-time...

Mental wellness days, diarised screen breaks and daily mental health checks in are among the most popular measures people from working home would like their employer to adopt to benefit their mental...

Thousands of people returned to gyms across the country in a bid to boost their physical and mental health after months in lockdown. Last week Health & Protection reported on the initiatives...

The independent healthcare sector has a key role to play in ensuring non-Covid NHS treatment can go ahead. This is according to David Hare, chief executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network...

Private dental practitioners should benefit from government financial support afforded to their NHS counterparts says dental plan specialist Denplan in their latest white paper. The white paper, published today by the Simplyhealth...