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How many times have you heard the plight of a senior who often has to make a choice between paying insurance and obtaining another necessity such as food or paying for a utility bill? Health insurance costs are set to increase on November 1 this year...

Increases in government health insurance premiums will not mean automatic jumps in rates for private insurance, experts have said. Michelle Jackson, the executive vice-president of insurance giant BF&M’s life and health department, said the company h...

Government has been criticised for failing to consult with other stakeholders before introducing hikes to health insurance premiums. Increases to the standard premium rate were passed in the House of Assembly last Friday. But the Bermuda Public Servi...

Increases are planned for mandatory health insurance premiums in line with “current market realities”, legislators heard yesterday in the House of Assembly. The higher rates will support extra prescription drug benefits and a health programme for uni...

The Opposition yesterday asked the Government to provide more information about a proposed National Health Plan. Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, said that the focus for the past 18 months had been on the Covid-19 pandemic, but that updates on the...

A charitable appeal has been launched on behalf of a hit-and-run victim who lost everything after he was run over by a drunk driver. Friend and businessman Stephen Pearce has joined forces with several people and the Portuguese Cultural Association t...

The island’s top magistrate has called for a review of “egregiously low” penalties for businesses that fail to pay for staff health insurance. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Magistrates’ Court on that the maximum $1,000 fine for offences was “a s...

CG Insurance and Benedict Associates are collaborating on a series of free webinars to help parents navigate the stresses of the pandemic. According to CG Insurance, the pandemic is considered to be a mental health crisis by many observers and stati...

Bermudian-headquartered specialty re/insurer Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd has appointed Kevin Price as Head of Allied Medical for its US excess and surplus business. Reporting to Clay Rhoades, president, US E&S, the company said Mr Price joins this w...

The Argus Group has said its Bermuda Life Insurance Company Limited is issuing a rebate to qualifying health insurance policyholders, passing benefits realised from lower claims activity on to its clients. The move follows a rebate in April last year...

A few days ago a very good friend of mine, Jamel Hardtman, posted something on Facebook that grabbed the attention of quite a few people. Mr Hardtman stated that governments around the world are missing the boat by failing to encourage people to incr...

“The Bermuda model is broken” — economist Robert Stubbs “But if we called it income tax instead of payroll tax we could deduct that from our US income tax. And Bermuda would have an income tax and get everybody off our back. Just a litt...