Simplyhealth sells pet plan business to focus on humans

The proposed transaction, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, is expected to complete in November 2020. This transaction, which will see The Animal Healthcare Company transfer to Premier Vetinary Group, will mean that Simplyhealth will be able to focus wholly on human healthcare. Simplyhealth entered the pet health plan market in 2011 through the expansion of its dental capitation business model (Denplan) and in 2015 it acquired AHC. The business has since trebled in size and today provides cover for more than one million pets, the health insurer said. Romana Abdin,...