Global insurance trends

Global: Peru’s RIMAC Joins MAXIS Network

Peru’s largest insurance provider RIMAC (Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros), part of the Grupo BRECA conglomerate, is the latest insurance firm to become a member of MAXIS Global Benefits Network. RIMAC will provide medical and life cover […]

HR & Employment

New Survey Finds Self-Employed Work Whilst Sick, Too Busy to See a GP

New research from AIG Life Limited shows self-employed people are working while ill as they worry about arranging medical appointments during working hours. Its study among more than 2,000 employees and self-employed workers found more than three […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Lloyd’s/London Market: Priya Fathers Appointed Medical Liability Underwriter

Coverys Managing Agency Limited, the Lloyd’s managing agent of Syndicates 1975, 1991, and 3330, today announced the appointment of Priya Fathers as Medical Professional Liability (MPL) Underwriter for Syndicate 1975, effective immediately. She will report to […]

News

Awards Season: Medical Travel Compared Wins Silver as Best Insurance Provider

Medical Travel Compared has been announced as the silver winner of Best Travel Insurance Provider in the prestigious 2019 British Travel Awards. The announcement was made yesterday at a glamorous Gala Awards ceremony, held in London and attended […]

Travel Insurance

Travel Cover: Fit2Trip Takes Licence on VeriskBlack Box Product

Travel is something most of us love to do, and that urge to see new horizons doesn’t decrease with age. But those holidaymakers with pre-existing medical conditions, it can be hard to find the increasing […]

Opinion

Opinion: Travel Insurance Market Needs to Develop Post-EHIC Vision

This latest Opinion piece is by Mark Colonnese, Product Director at Aquarium Software. The Brexit problem may yet be resolved, but whatever the outcome politically, everyday travel insurance within the EU is set to change […]

News

Brexit: 23% of Brits Still Plan to Visit EU Without Insurance

Brexit may be on hold, but a worrying number of Brits planning to visit the EU risk potentially financially crippling bills according to the findings of consumer research commissioned by the Association of British Insurers […]

Conference report

Equality: Signposting Scheme Helps 700,000 Older Consumers Find Insurance

So many insurers and brokers effectively close the book on insurance to those aged 70 and older, especially in the travel market. But why? As we live longer and healthier lives many people in their […]