Cosmetic surgery is big business in the UK. According to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), the number of facelifts, liposuction procedures, nose jobs and other surgical cosmetic operations in the UK totaled 43,172 last year, and the industry is predicted to be worth £3.6 billion in the UK by 2015. As cosmetic…

As the United Kingdom copes with an aging workforce, employers are becoming more aware of the needs of older workers - especially in terms of health and insurance. According to a 2012 Health of the Workplace report by insurance provider Aviva, 29 percent of UK employers have seen…

In many ways, Europe is more connected than ever: most countries use the same currency, visa-free travel is a breeze, and the presence of the European Union means that legislative decisions are made as a collective. However, when it comes to health care and insurance, every country maintains its own system. Indeed, a slew of recent news stories have served as an important reminder for…

AXA UK, part of the France-based AXA Group, has recently announced the restructuring of their non-life operations into two self-contained business units, namely commercial lines and personal lines, with each of them having their own CEO and management teams. The heads of these two new units will report to AXA UK group chief executive Paul Evans, who has also been recently named as a replacement to outgoing Philippe Maso.

Resolution Plc, the company headed by insurance tycoon Clive Cowdery, has been in talks with the French group AXA for over one month, to buy most of their AXA UK business for GBP 2.8 billion (EUR 3.36 billion; USD 4.1 billion). This deal would create one of the biggest life groups in Britain.