Private medical insurance (PMI)
Bupa to enter Polish market
Bupa plans to enter the Polish market with the acquisition of private healthcare provider LUX MED.
Aetna bolsters international PMI team
Aetna International has appointed Caroline Pain as head of international marketing and Gary Impett as business development manager to develop its insurance business in continental Europe, the UK and Ireland.
Higos swoops for Heath Lambert finance director
Intermediary Higos Insurance Services has named Heath Lambert's group finance head Nigel Thomas as its new finance director.
Allianz Worldwide Care partners with Australia's Medibank
Allianz Worldwide Care has formed a partnership with Australian private health insurer Medibank to provide cover for expatriates based in Australia.
Colosso to return to the market at Howden
Former Heath Lambert chief executive Adrian Colosso is returning to the insurance market as non-executive chairman of Howden Broking Group.
Review of the Year: Health Insurance - Cause for optimism
Despite torrid economic conditions for the insurance industry during 2012, the health market continues to prove that innovation and fighting spirit still allow for growth.
Post magazine - 6 December 2012
The latest issue of Post is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
Aria to offer home cover for Pru Health customers
Aria Assistance has signed a deal with Pru Health to provide the health insurer's policyholders with home cover following a discharge from hospital.
CIGNA & CMC launch expat health cover in China
CIGNA & CMC Life Insurance, a joint venture between CIGNA and China Merchants Group, has launched a new health insurance plan for the Chinese market.
Bupa hires international PMI head
Bupa has appointed Robert Lang as managing director of its international private medical insurance business.
Swiss Re expects to insure 12 million Chinese through cancer scheme
Swiss Re has teamed up with pharmaceuticals company Roche Holdings to improve insurance provision for cancer suffers in China.
United India may shed loss making lines
Stemming underwriting losses will be Milind Kharat's first task as the head of public Indian insurer United India Insurance Company, the new chairman has said.
HCB liability play boosted by investment
Healthcare and risk management specialist Health Claims Bureau plans to double its revenue in two years by targeting new business in the liability insurance sector.
Allianz Worldwide Care opens Brussels support centre
Allianz Worldwide Care Services has opened an operational support centre in Brussels to provide a local contact point for the company's intergovernmental organisations and corporate clients.
US firm invests in Health Claims Bureau
Healthcare and risk management specialist Health Claims Bureau has signed an investment deal with US specialist Professional Disability Associates.
Aria Assistance and GlobeMed launch MENA partnership
Aria Assistance, the independent UK insurance and assistance company, has signed a strategic partnership for the delivery of assistance services with Africa/Middle East regional healthcare administration services and assistance provider, GlobeMed.
State run Indian GI insurers seek common TPA arrangement for health
State-run Indian general insurance companies are setting up a common third-party administrator to settle medical insurance claims, to trim unwieldy claims ratios and boost profitability.
Fire losses make up 50% of Indian GI claims
Fire losses accounted for over half of the claims lodged with Indian general insurance companies in 2011-12.
Penny Black's Insurance Week
Penny hears that one Adrian Colosso has been darkening the doors of Gallagher almost a year after departing the firm following Heath Lambert's sale to the Illinois-based broker.
Georgia's health insurance reforms based on German model
An overhaul of Georgia's medical insurance market will be based on the German Bismarck model, according to comments made by one of the country's MPs.
Cooper Gay yacht specialist joins Chartis
Chartis has named former Cooper Gay broker Ben Lind as senior yacht underwriter in the firm's private client group.
Low interest rates and claims inflation hitting profits, warns Munich Re
The impact of persistently low interest rates on investments and the growing risk of inflation for severe bodily injury claims are cause for concern for the insurance industry, Munich Re has warned.
Fraud 2012: Fraud register will be extended to loss adjusters
The Insurance Fraud Register could be used as a template by the Home Office to roll out a UK-wide anti-fraud checking service.
Religare Health Insurance opens for business in India
Religare Health Insurance has launched as a standalone health insurance player in the Indian market.