The US has retained top spot as the most expensive international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, with costs up by a third year-on-year. This is according to SIP Medical Family Offices’ Health...
Read morePAM Group and the brands within its portfolio will transition to the Optima Health name, marking the next phase in bringing the two organisations together under one brand name. The move marks...
Read moreConsumer trust in the insurance sector will erode if professionals aren’t prepared to effectively interrogate automated decision making. Matthew Hill, chief executive of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) (pictured), told delegates at...
Read moreProviders should consider offering a hybrid commission model to let advisers decide how much they receive up front and how much is paid as premiums come in, Cream Financial Solutions believes. Advisers...
Read moreDoctor Care Anywhere (DCA) has reached agreement with employee recognition, reward and benefits platform Rippl to give members access to its weight management programme. The benefit means members and up to five...
Read moreAviva’s new virtual agent will not be taking on more complex claims related to bereavement or critical illness, the insurer's CEO has revealed. Dame Amanda Blanc, group CEO of Aviva (pictured), also...
Read moreInternational Medical Group (IMG) has completed the acquisition of World Nomads. The deal improves IMG’s travel insurance distribution capabilities and expands its presence in international markets, which now include the US, the...
Read moreFreedom Health has expanded its diagnostic offering through the launch of a private X-ray and ultrasound scanning service. Freedom Diagnostics is available from today and will be facilitated through Scan.com’s network of...
Read moreHolloway Friendly and Wiltshire Friendly have finalised their merger with the transfer of engagements completed. Wiltshire Friendly is now part of Holloway Friendly after the merger proposal was announced in April. As...
Read moreScottish Friendly chief financial officer (CFO) Alan Rankine will leave the organisation for another role elsewhere, ahead of its merger with OneFamily. Scott McNeill has been promoted to replace Rankine as the...
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