Bupa exits IP market to focus on health and wellbeing

Bupa is poised to sell its UK protection and risk business, Bupa Health Assurance Ltd (BHA), to Resolution Ltd for £165.15m in order to focus on its core health and wellbeing proposition. Subject to regulatory approval, BHA will become part of Friends Provident, the life subsidiary of Resolution.Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald, managing director for BHA parent…