Life/Health/Critical illness

Health and Benefits Insurance: Howden Rebrands Punter Southall

 Howden, part of the Hyperion Insurance Group, has successfully completed the first stage of its integration of leading UK Employee Benefits and Health protection consultancy, Punter Southall Health & Protection Holdings Ltd (PSHPH), and its trading subsidiaries […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

AIG Survey Reveals Millions of Us Don’t Believe We Will Become Ill, Ever.

New research from AIG Life reveals 18.3 million people are living with what it has termed ‘illness denial’, as they are failing to accept they are at risk of disease or developing a serious medical […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Ernst & Young Survey Reveals Life Insurance Market Ready for Revolution

There are big opportunities for life insurance providers to harness new technologies and data and analytic capabilities to improve the engagement with its customers and help engender trust, according to a new report by EY. The […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

German Healthcare Market: Europ Assistance Ties Up With Pflegix

Europ Assistance today announced that its German division has made a strategic investment in Pflegix, a startup business in the  senior care sector founded in 2016 at the Entrepreneurship Center Witten at the University of Witten/Herdecke. […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Brexit: Existing Pensions and Life Insurance Rules Unchanged

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued Recommendations for the insurance sector in light of the United Kingdom (UK) withdrawing from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement.  The Recommendations addressed to […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Life Sector: Deadhappy Launches, Aims to Disrupt Market with PAYG Cover

Insurtech start-up DeadHappy officially launches today, bringing the UK’s first fully digital pay-as-you-go life insurance to consumers. The company is on a mission to make it simpler for everyone, particularly the 8.1 million Brits who don’t have […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Healix Warning on Health Risks for Overseas Employees

Healix International, the global travel risk management and international medical and security assistance provider, has set out the big health challenges the company believes businesses sending employees abroad may face in 2019. “Diseases that tend […]

HR & Employment

Employee Benefits News: PolicyBee Launches Equipsme For SMEs

Skilled employees are increasingly looking for a package that goes beyond a basic salary. It could be free food at work, gym or leisure facilities, or a low cost health insurance scheme that avoids those […]