PMI & Healthcare

WPA has recorded a twelvefold increase in usage of its health app in the year to February. As at 28 Feb 2021, there had been 268,652 WPA Health logins since the app...

International Women’s Day remains as relevant now as it was over 100 years ago. Even before the pandemic began, reports from the World Economic Forum suggested it would take 99 years for the gender gap to close. While...

AXA Thailand General Insurance is launching “Sawasdee Thailand”, a new comprehensive travel insurance plan that includes health coverage for foreigners traveling to Thailand. The new product includes cover of up to 3.5-million-baht...

Affidea Group, the diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer care services provider has bought outpatient provider Orthoderm, as it continues its acquisition spree. Orthoderm operates from its clinic located outside Belfast in Northern...

Abu Dhabi state-owned holding company ADQ and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners are both considering purchasing the core hospital business of NMC Health, which could fetch $1bn according to reports. Last...

AXA Global Healthcare is expanding its health and wellbeing offer to bring quick access to a fully qualified psychologist for members in need of mental health support. Called ‘Mind Health’, the service can...

87%, the mental wellbeing platform founded by former Ladbrokes CEO Richard Glynn and backed by former Bupa CEO Stuart Fletcher and former Punter Southall Health & Protection CEO John Dean, is being...

Radiant Financial Group, a new consolidator of IFA firms chaired by former Skandia CEO Peter Mann, has appointed Alan Hopley as head of financial planning & analysis – adding to the recent...

Bupa Global & UK will appoint Carlos Jaureguizar as its new CEO from April 1, replacing David Hynam in this role.  Jaureguizar is currently the general manager of Bupa’s Chilean operations, having...

Insurers increased their market share in the critical illness market during 2020, according to the latest GlobalData 2020 consumer survey, with brokers maintaining their position and banks losing out. Analysts say this...