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Spain is to enable employers to organise Covid vaccinations of staff through mutual insurance companies. The Local reports the country's social security minister José Luis Escrivá announced earlier this week that his...

Six insurers have signed up to the Fintech Pledge, tech platform Tech Nation has revealed. Tech Nation revealed Admiral, Aviva, Brit, esure, Lloyd’s and Munich Re Digital Partners signed up to the...

Healthcare firm HealthHero has set its sights on further growth and more strategic buys following its acquisition of French telehealth firm Qare. Last week, Health & Protection reported on the acquisition that...

The Protection Distributors Group has added specialist broker The Insurance Surgery and health insurance intermediary Premier Choice Group as new members as of 1st May 2021. The pair take the number of...

Sales of private healthcare policies have hit an all-time high according to ActiveQuote, which has reported its highest number of sales in its history. The comparison website and protection broker revealed the...

Swedish e-health firm Sanolium AB has named Lars Andåker as interim chief executive officer, effective immediately. Andåker, who succeeds Peter Gille, who has left the company, is a board member and has...

Aviva has paid more than £1bn to its individual protection customers in a year in which the pandemic had a mixed impact on new mental health income protection claims. The insurer revealed...

Medibank has appointed David Koczkar as chief executive officer. Currently the Australian private medical insurer's chief customer officer, Koczkar assumes his new role from 17 May 2021. He succeeds Craig Drummond, who...

Insurer Zurich has launched Virtual GP and second medical opinion services 'ZGP24' to support its group risk customers. ZGP24, introduced for new and reviewing group income protection and group life customers and...

The independent healthcare sector has a key role to play in ensuring non-Covid NHS treatment can go ahead. This is according to David Hare, chief executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network...