South African medical insurers have pledged to pay for a Covid-19 vaccine for millions of people who do not have coverage in a programme that could cost as much as 7 billion...
Read moreEmployers are being urged to do more to promote the employee benefits that they offer to staff as part of the recruitment process. The Office for National Statistics estimates there were 547,000...
Read moreMAXIS Global Benefits Network has struck a deal with ICAS World, the employee assistance programme (EAP) provider, to be its global partner of counselling support and assistance. As part of the partnership,...
Read moreLegal & General Insurance has appointed Dr Tarun Gupta as medical officer (MO). An NHS GP, clinical commissioner and occupational physician, he will provide medical opinion on complex group risk cases to...
Read moreLV= is increasing non-medical limits for its Flexible Protection Plan (FPP) Income Protection plan. It has also removed additional evidence requirements such as teleinterviews. The changes, which come into immediate effect, mean...
Read more‘Holistic digital’ health insurance ‘without geographical restrictions’ will be on the market in 2021, its developers claim. Spanish global insurance provider Further has merged with UK-based digital platform Trustedoctor to create Further...
Read moreA cancer doctor in the US has written off almost $650,000 of unpaid medical bills because his patients have been unable to pay because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Omar Atiq had...
Read moreCompanies should be on the alert for risks and potential emergencies above and beyond concerns over the current Covid-19 pandemic. That is the assessment of international risk management and assistance expert Healix...
Read moreMillions of Brits will still have access to free healthcare across Europe after Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a trade deal with the EU just before Christmas. There had been fears that...
Read moreHospitals across the country have been ordered to free up every possible bed to accommodate the growing number of Covid patients ahead of an expected surge in cases over the coming months....
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