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The doctor will see you now – virtually – analysis
Virtual GP services have inevitably increased in popularity as lockdown stopped people from seeing their local doctor in person, while insurers have responded to this demand through increased product innovation. But as...
Read moreWPA enables app-based receipt uploading for cash plans
WPA has updated its health app to enable customers to upload cash plan receipts. The system is being modified from one which previously required customers to send receipts by posts to one...
Read moreVitality launches consultant panel with cashback reward
Vitality has overhauled its private medical insurance (PMI) offering including the creation of a panel of consultants which policyholders will be rewarded for using. The insurer said the panel consists of thousands...
Read moreArmadaCare appoints chief revenue officer
US health insurance solutions provider ArmadaCare has appointed Mike Ross (pictured) as chief revenue officer (CRO). Ross, who was most recently head of carrier relations at Health IQ, will be responsible for...
Read moreOnly 60% of departing NHS dentists replaced
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has revealed that only 60% of the dentists which left the NHS in 2020 have been replaced. And it also noted that it has...
Read moreExclusive: Simplyhealth CEO Sneh Khemka on potential acquisitions, expansion, digitisation and the importance of kind leadership
Simplyhealth appointed Sneh Khemka as CEO in March. In his first interview he speaks to Health & Protection about transforming the insurer, digital healthcare product evolution, why being kind matters and his...
Read moreAdvisers face choice of embracing technology or dying out
Advisers need to embrace technology or face dying out, according to Lourdes Peters, president and CEO of independent benefit advisory insurance brokers World of America. According to Peters, who was addressing delegates...
Read moreAon-Willis Towers Watson merger in doubt as DoJ lawsuit disputes health benefits business sales
The merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson has been thrown into doubt as the sale of the pair's US health benefits businesses has proven "wholly insufficient" to allay the US Department...
Read moreAdvisers need ‘a different sort of conversation’ with clients on long Covid
Effective employer wellbeing strategies to tackle the threat posed by long Covid need to be underpinned by a solid framework of agencies including insurers and wellbeing providers. And advisers muct be at...
Read moreFour key steps to help manage employee stress – Lythgoe
At a time when employees are largely continuing to work remotely, it is especially vital that businesses have a plan in place to support their wellbeing and alleviate stresses associated with the...
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