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One in 10 Britons have taken out private medical insurance (PMI) due to increased NHS waiting times even more acute in Northern Ireland where 21% reported taking out PMI. LifeSearch's latest Health...

Health & Protection spoke to Damian Lenihan (pictured), executive director – Europe at Aetna International, about the global insurer’s experience of the crisis, its plans now and how it sees itself working...

More than half of UK patients plan to use healthcare apps in future but they prefer traditional face-to-face appointments. This is according to a report commissioned by Mobiquity and conducted by Censuswide...

Aon has agreed to pay $1bn in termination fees to Willis Towers Watson (WTW) following the collapse of the merger of the two firms. Last month, Health & Protection reported the US...

Health insurers have revealed to Health & Protection whether their workplace schemes will cover Covid-19 testing as employers are urged to look into all options to source lateral flow tests. This follows...

A primarily digital GP service has published research which shows its patients incurred acute hospital costs between 15% and 35% lower than the regional average. It said the lower costs were incurred...

The government has dismissed calls to require businesses to report long term sickness due to stress as a health and safety issue. It said doing so would not be appropriate because “stress...

HDI Global Specialty is working with a managing general agent (MGA) to take its international private medical insurance (IPMI) offering across the globe following an initial launch in Europe. Last week, Health...

A subsidy encouraging the purchase of occupational health (OH) services will be tested by government as part of a range of measures to help reduce ill-health related job losses. It will also...

Healix has launched a tool to help firms identify returning employees most at risk of the coronavirus and offer guidance on additional measures that can help keep these workers safe. The tool...