Gallagher has announced it is to acquire North West-based broker The Bollington Wilson Group for an undisclosed sum. Bollington, which was founded in 1973 as a local community broker, has since grown...
Read moreUK residents can now officially apply for a UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), the government has formally announced. Under Britain’s new agreement with the EU following Brexit, UK residents’ rights to...
Read moreMedicash, cash plan provider, has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board. Jonathan Brown and Jean Ellis assume the roles in a year in which Medicash marks its 150th anniversary since it...
Read moreA senior cancer specialist has warned that an increasing number of patients are likely to die as individuals with Covid-19 are “prioritised” over them as the country struggles to control the pandemic....
Read moreA fifth of workers who have been forced to self-isolate during the pandemic but are unable to work from home have received no sick pay or wages at all, union leaders have...
Read moreSwiss Re is to ‘double down’ on its efforts to make sure the insurance industry does all it can to support people with their health and wellness needs. The global insurance powerhouse...
Read moreWork to test how NHS and private/independent sector hospital performance data can be aligned has begun. The pilots, by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) and NHS Digital, mark a major milestone...
Read moreThree in four teenagers have experienced physical health issues related to poor mental health since March last year, research shows. A study carried out for Bupa shows that the overwhelming majority of...
Read moreSouth 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...
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