Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
Coverys gains Lloyd’s nod on med-mal Syndicate 1975
Boston-based medical malpractice insurer Coverys has received in principle approval from Lloyd’s to launch Syndicate 1975.
Q&A: Mike Brown and Alistair Kinley, BLM
The insurance industry is currently battling with a multitude of uncertainties: Brexit, Ogden, and the impact of technology. Mike Brown, senior partner, and Alistair Kinley, director of policy and government affairs, BLM, spoke to Post about how those…
GRP acquires Alan & Thomas Insurance Group
Investment vehicle Global Risk Partners has acquired a majority stake in Poole-based Alan & Thomas Insurance Group.
Top 30 Asia Insurers: Growth prospects in Asia vary by region
AM Best’s annual ranking of Asia-Pacific’s non-life insurers includes familiar companies, but they face different challenges
Tokio Marine HCC to buy AIG's US medical stop-loss book
Houston based insurer Tokio Marine HCC is to purchase AIG's US medical insurance stop-loss book.
This week in Post: Thoughts with Texas
The world watched with horror last weekend as Hurricane Harvey made landfall, its high winds bringing devastation to Texas. It’s been downgraded to a tropical storm but the floods from its torrential rains continue to wreak havoc.
IPT petition shelved due to concerns over ‘longevity’ of government
An industry-led petition against Insurance Premium Tax increases has been postponed due to concerns over the “longevity” of the government.
Analysis: Monitoring medical misdeeds
Surgeon Ian Paterson went to prison in May for carrying out unnecessary cancer operations and this case has highlighted gaps in the insurance coverage of medical malpractice
Blog: Making life-or-death decisions for your customer
Could you and your providers be trusted to come up with an innovative solution to save your customer's life, asks Chris Knight, head of corporate services, CEGA Group.
Medical provider gains Lloyd's coverholder status in Hong Kong
Global health insurer ALC Health, known as a la carte healthcare, has become a Lloyd's coverholder in Hong Kong and opened an office in the Special Administrative Region.
FCA reviews travel insurance for cancer patients
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a public consultation to see if changes are needed to make it easier for people with cancer to get travel insurance.
Aviva's Maurice Tulloch on all that insurtech hype
With technology reshaping the insurance industry, incumbents need to disrupt the very business models they helped create in order to meet fast-changing customer expectations, writes Maurice Tulloch, CEO, international insurance, Aviva.
Towergate backers buy private medical broker Chase Templeton
Nevada Investments, the investment vehicle set up by HPS Investment Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners will buy medical broker Chase Templeton from Palatine Private Equity.
Hong Kong grapples with healthcare inflation
In the second most expensive place in the world for private medical insurance insurers and the government are trying to tackle Hong Kong's multiple healthcare challenges.
Riding into the danger zone
The nature of their work means journalists and aid workers are often running into danger zones while others are looking to get out. Both professions have significant need for insurance but have sometimes struggled to obtain the cover they need at a price…
Berkshire Hathaway hires for Asia expansion
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty has hired two senior insurance professionals as the insurer introduces personal accident to Hong Kong and Singapore.
Travelers to pay legal costs for PIP Breast Implant claimants
Travelers Insurance Company has to pay legal costs for a number PIP Breast Implant claimants, the High Court has ruled.
Anthem's proposed $54bn acquisition of Cigna blocked by judge
Yesterday two US health insurance giants were told they wouldn't be granted permission to merge by a federal judge.
Cancer is a major cause of group risk claims
Cancer is the number one group risk to employees in the UK yet employers are failing to support their staff with the appropriate financial protection.
240 jobs at risk as Zurich restructures UK operations
Zurich UK is to shed 240 jobs as the insurer restructures its UK operations.
Aviva unveils UK restructure
Aviva is combining its life, general and health insurance business together under the leadership of Andy Briggs.
Rise of IPT 'punishes' health insurance customers
Customers find it unfair that they are facing increased tax on their health insurance on top of the tax they already pay to fund the NHS.
Insuring the future: 10 tech gadgets
Innovations are bringing new technology into our lives at an almost frightening pace. Whether we want to control our central heating from our smartphones or check on our home security, appliances that can be controlled remotely are giving us greater…