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UK employers should consider taking out health or income protection insurance due to the growing threat posed by long Covid. This is the warning from leading law firm Irwin Mitchell in light...

UK employees are resisting accessing group protection plans because they are concerned that their employer will find out too much about their health or private life. This is according to a new...

UnitedHealthcare Global has launched a range of Expat insurance plans into the Netherlands to give local businesses access to internationally recognised health, wellness, assistance and security programmes. The launch of the BeHealthy expatriate...

Axa Health is introducing a new service to help support customers affected by long Covid.  Latest statistics suggest one in five people who’ve tested positive for Covid-19 still have symptoms more than...

Aviva has sold its Aviva Poland business to Allianz for £2.1bn, as it continues its process of offloading overseas operations to focus on its core UK, Ireland and Canada businesses. The deal...

How popular are directional-care plans?  These plans are becoming increasingly popular. There are no official figures, but I imagine they will account for between a quarter and a third of all new...

It’s not just Hollywood that has an awards season. That time is upon us in the health and protection industry too. The anticipation of glory, which can go alongside the fear of...

Amazon is entering the medical care and patient advice market in the United States, with a 24/7 service that offers in-app chat or video conference diagnosis, home visits and wellbeing services. Amazon...

Bupa is rebating £125m to its UK health insurance customers following the temporary disruption to some medical treatments last year as are result of the pandemic. The rebate equates to roughly one...

The NHS has warned that waiting lists could swell to “unprecedented levels” over the next year as a direct results of the coronavirus pandemic.  The head of the NHS Confederation Danny Mortimer...