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HCB Group has launched into South Africa, extending its services to the country from its headquarters in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. First launched in 1984, the Oxfordshire-based firm provides employee health, wellness...

Hooray Health & Protection and Phoenix Health & Protection have joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII). Launched last year, Phoenix Health & Protection was set up by Richard Charlton...

Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) has acquired Bournemouth-based private medical insurance (PMI) intermediary Equity Health Solutions. The value of the purchase is not being disclosed, but following its acquisition Equity Health Solutions will...

Allianz has appointed Anusha Thavarajah as regional chief executive officer of Allianz Asia Pacific. Thavarajah succeeds Solmaz Altin, who has decided to leave the organization on 1 December after 13 years with...

Insurance and benefits marketplace Collective Benefits has received a US$10m investment from Prosus Ventures, the venture investing arm of Prosus. Collective Benefits offers insurance and benefits for independent workers across sectors. This...

The number of prostate and testicular cancer claims insurers are handling appear to have dipped during the pandemic with a worrying trend also appearing. As Movember, the annual event involving the growing...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is making the most of data and intelligence as a means to find out which financial advisers are more likely to deliver poor advice, the regulator has...

In July, the government published its response to its consultation document, 'Health is everyone's business'. When the consultation was first published, we were disappointed to see it was close to silent on the...

The initial stage of the pandemic caused a dramatic fall in the number of diagnoses of the three most common forms of cancer in Scotland. Data from Public Health Scotland reveals that...

It never ceases to amaze me that, as an industry, we haven't taken steps to outlaw the practice of temporary underwriting. This is where the insurer does not have sufficient information to...