Pacific Life Re has appointed Vasan Errakiah to the newly created role of general manager, Asia markets. Errakiah (pictured) takes charge of the life and health reinsurer’s market activities throughout Asia, with...
Read moreAttitudes across the health and protection insurance sector are changing for the better, but more needs to be done. While some of the sector's youngest professionals have war stories about being asked...
Read moreThe number of of people joining the ranks of economically inactive due to long term sickness has shot back up to hit a new record. While May data from the Office for...
Read moreIn an exclusive wide-ranging interview, Erik Bleekrode, head of insurance at KPMG China and Asia Pacific, tells Health & Protection about how international talent is returning to Hong Kong, whether comparisons to...
Read moreThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared UnitedHealth’s proposed £1.2bn purchase of EMIS following an in-depth investigation into competition concerns. EMIS is a supplier of data management systems to the...
Read moreThe Consumer Duty is not the only regulatory challenge keeping advice and insurance firms up at night. Incoming abolition of the lifetime allowance, right to be forgotten legislation in Europe and concerns...
Read moreAllianz's life and health business segment posted a 22.5% increase in operating profit year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023. The Q2 2023 results show lower asset under management-driven revenues from the...
Read moreThe number of people on the NHS England waiting list for treatment hit neared a record 7.6 million for the first time in June. This was up from 7.47 million as of...
Read moreNHS England is to ramp up its use of a matching platform enabling NHS staff to view and add available surgery slots in hospitals across the country, including private sector capacity. Last...
Read moreNuffield Health has appointed Tracey Killen and Lee Rochford as non-executive directors to its board. Killen currently combines her role as non-executive director with construction firm Morgan Sindall Group with acting as...
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