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Healthcare International (HCI), an international private medical insurance managing general agent for expats, has been acquired in a management buyout backed by investment firm Prefequity and led by CEO Ian Wood. As...

A digital health insurance product has been included in the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sandbox’s latest intake. The regulator said it accepted 13 of the 58 applications it received for its seventh...

Lifepoint Healthcare has completed the purchase of Just Private Medical and is seeking to add more acquisitions to its business. The deal will add 120 clients to Lifepoint's client base. Lifepoint director...

Online retailer Flipkart has introduced unlimited medical insurance cover for employees. The Bangalore-headquartered firm revealed the insurance will cover all medical expenses and cost of hospitalisation, without employees paying any premium for...

More Americans with health insurance have been vaccinated against Covid than those without coverage, according to a national survey conducted by Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers...

The Conservative government has admitted there are “geographic shortages” of dental care as it comes under increasing pressure from MPs over how it will tackle the backlog in the nation’s oral health....

Health and protection insurance intermediaries plan to continue with hybrid working as the country emerges from the pandemic. Earlier this week, Health & Protection reported that health insurers are planning to continue...

Insurers could face much higher claims from life and health policies or legal liabilities if they fail to test their products on diverse populations, Swiss Re has warned. And it suggested that...

The number of people on NHS waiting lists in England has increased by almost nine hundred thousand since the onset of the pandemic, with orthopaedics seeing the largest increase. The data from...

Insurers around the world must be wary of the risk of legal action being brought due to inappropriate advice provided by health technology and apps, including wearable devices. The warning appears in...