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April Group has opened a new office in Shanghai, China to offer its international private medical insurance (IPMI) plans. The firm's IPMI arm April International will roll out its My Health product...

More than three-quarters (77%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) intend to revamp their employee benefits packages, according to Employee Benefit Trends in UK SMEs, a report from Howden Employee Benefits with...

While Parliament may have been primarily focused on the fallout from the first Labour Budget in 14 years, the health insurance advisers gathered at the House of Lords were focused on the...

Prudential has hired Stella Sung as a senior director for sales enablement on its group health team.  Based in Hong Kong, Sung will report to Arjan Toor CEO of health for Prudential...

UnitedHealth Group has expressed the company's deep sadness and shock following the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Reports from the US reveal Thompson (pictured) was shot dead yesterday morning outside the...

Singapore is a leading international private medical insurance (IPMI) market in Asia, and like much of the rest of the world it has been facing a rapidly changing environment, from the post-Covid...

Brown & Brown has bought advice firm and employee benefits consultancy Drewberry for an undisclosed sum. Following the completion, Drewberry will operate as part of Premier Choice Group (PCG), Brown & Brown’s...

The incoming chief executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has admitted the under-fire regulator must “urgently improve” and will focus on problems with its technology and methods. Sir Julian Hartley’s inaugural...

Private hospital admissions reached record levels in the second quarter of the 2024, with those from private medical insurance (PMI) up 9% year-on-year. There were 164,000 admissions through PMI in April to...

Bupa Health Services has acquired The Dermatology Partnership for an undisclosed sum with the intention of speeding up access to skincare for the insurer's customers. The Dermatology Partnership clinics are based in...