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Axa Health has acquired online outpatient service provider HBSUK. HBSUK is one of a number of existing external service providers that Axa Health works with. The insurer committed to build on its...

Insurance start-up Juniper has raised a £1.5m pre-launch investment for its reproductive healthcare insurance offering.  London-based Juniper aims to address a gap in health insurance by providing comprehensive genital insurance for all...

New Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance clarifying employers' legal obligations and providing tips on making reasonable adjustments on menopause in the workplace underlines the importance of having a specific policy...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) raised £6.5bn for the Treasury between April 2023 and January 2024 compared to £5.9bn in the same period of the previous year  according to latest HM Revenue &...

UK businesses will be urged to tackle in-work sickness and stop people from falling out the workforce, following the appointment of Dame Carol Black as the government’s new occupational health tsar. Black,...

RedArc has helped one in four of those it supported to stay in work or return to work. This is according to research carried out by the nurse-led health and wellbeing company...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has praised insurers for improving propositions to offer new health and wellbeing benefits and widening policy definitions to cover more customers. In its Consumer Duty implementation: good...

The Association of Medical Insurers (AMII) has added Switch Health, PSG, and Healthwell as intermediary members. Jack Chandler, CEO at Switch Health, said: "As we join AMII, we look forward to gaining...

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched a competency diagnostic tool to identify key areas of training needs to ensure adviser compliance with Consumer Duty. Proficiency+ Consumer Duty was developed in collaboration...

Mercer is bringing health and protection insurers together for a second session with the aim of improving clarity and reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials in the sector. Last year...