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March 20, 2012 Dear Sir The House of Assembly has debated Government legislation to regulate the health insurance industry and private healthcare providers. This will, in its current form, impose unrealistic compliance deadlines on all parties as adv...

Legislation banning upfront payment for healthcare services was passed in the House of Assembly last night, despite opposition from the One Bermuda Alliance. Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the legislation would help the Island’s least fortunate re...

Some of the findings of the Health in Review report published by the Bermuda Health Council at the end of last year did not paint a pretty picture of the physical condition of our Island’s residents. Bermuda was shown to have one of the highest mort...

Insurer BF&M Ltd's profits fell 3.7 percent to $5.7 million in the first quarter of this year, as soaring health insurance claims took their toll. The company's chief executive officer John Wight said there had been an increase of $600,000 in claims ...

Argus Group Holdings Ltd is to adopt a more customised approach to health insurance which could result in higher premiums for groups seen as likely to make more claims. By law, health insurers in Bermuda must charge the same for everyone for the most...

The cost of the minimum health insurance package is to increase by 6.8 percent, Minister of Health Zane DeSilva announced yesterday. The standard premium rate will cost $252.27 per month from April 1, up $16.13 from the current rate of $236.14. The l...

Bermudians are getting unhealthier - and that poses as big a threat to the Island's economy as a monster hurricane, according to Argus Group chief executive officer Gerald Simons. The boss of one of the Island's biggest health insurers is seeing incr...

2010 proved to be a tough year for Bermuda's local insurance market but one insurer has weathered the storm well and is looking to improve on its performance in 2011. BF&M Ltd. reported an impressive set of financial results increasing its net earni...