Life/Health/Critical illness

Start-Ups: London Based Medino Raises £517,000 to Fund Growth

Healthcare is an area where insurers probably need to drastically re-think their traditional business model. There are good reasons why people don’t buy into life and illness protection products, but there’s no denying that old […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

UK Healthcare Sector Looking Ahead to 2020, Says CNA Hardy

UK healthcare business leaders are predicting a rise in confidence in their businesses’ ability to thrive and prosper in 2020, with a 10% increase in confidence levels predicted by next spring compared to spring this […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Partnerships: MoneySuperMarket Teams Up With ActiveQuote

Leading price comparison website MoneySuperMarket has chosen ActiveQuote to power its health insurance comparison service for consumers. This marks the second time that MoneySuperMarket has chosen to work with ActiveQuote, following the launch of its income […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Deals: Phoenix Group Makes £144m Purchase of Aegeon Pension Annuity

Phoenix Group, Europe’s largest life and pensions consolidator, today announces that it has completed a £144 million bulk purchase annuity with the Trustee of the Aegon UK Staff Retirement and Death Benefit Scheme.  The insurance […]

InsureTech

Deals: Scottish Widows Teams Up With Montoux

As data transforms insurance, there is an opportunity to offer much more customised life and healthcare cover, based on individual lifestyle, job, postcode, diet, family medical history and so on. Streamlining and making sense of […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

AirBnB Model Translates into Healthcare Choice for Travellers, Says Air Doctor

You can apply the AirBnB model to many other sectors of the economy, because in essence, it is a kind of X Factor parade of auditionees, all competing for ad hoc business. So long as […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Company Healthcare: MAXIS Upgrades Its OneClient Portal

MAXIS Global Benefits Network, the international employee benefits network, has upgraded its market-leading OneClient portal for multinationals with new analytics and digital tools. The OneClient service, a best-in-class digital solution that provides access to data-rich […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Dead Happy Raises An Extra £4.5m in Funding Round

Death is a taboo subject most of the time. But DeadHappy wants to change that, and our attitudes towards the deadly dull topic of life insurance. Back in March 2019 Dead Happy told IE magazine that things […]