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Health Summit: War for talent driving virgin schemes and adviser positivity
Advisers are particularly positive about the group private medical insurance (PMI) market with an intensifying war for talent proving the primary motivator for firms taking out new schemes and extending cover beyond...
Read moreAIG Life’s Churcher to retire at end of the month
Vicky Churcher has announced her retirement as intermediary director and business transformation lead at AIG Life. Taking to LinkedIn to announce her news, Churcher revealed she will be stepping down at the...
Read moreHealth Summit: Insurers should examine claims and complaints data to avoid excluding certain groups – Chakravorty
Private medical insurers have been urged to think about how the way their products are designed, sold and promoted may inadvertently discriminate against certain groups of people. Chico Chakravorty, founder of Doing...
Read moreHealth Summit: FOS reveals top tips for PMI advisers to guard against complaints
Advisers have been urged to ensure they encourage customers to check their medical history, really explain how private medical insurance (PMI) works and not veer into influencing if they are engaging in...
Read moreHealth Summit: Advisers must explain value of PMI P11D charges to young people
Advisers must communicate to young people the importance opting in to company private medical insurance (PMI) schemes despite the additional hit to their pocket of employee benefit taxes, Health & Protection's Health...
Read moreHealth Summit: PHIN exploring simplifying practitioner performance data
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) is exploring ways of contextualising data around practitioner's performance. Responding to a question raised on the second day of Health & Protection's Health Summit at Tylney...
Read moreHealth Summit: Advisers should brace for commission to be abolished – Middleton
The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) executive chairman David Middleton has warned commissions on private medical insurance cover are likely to be abolished in future. The issue of signifcantly higher...
Read moreHealth Summit: FIPO chairman warns of rising PMI waiting lists if relations between insurers and consultants do not improve
Patients could face increased wait times for private treatment unless insurers can effectively sort out the issue of fees paid out to consultants. This is according to Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations...
Read moreBupa launches dedicated HR, health and wellbeing service for SMEs
Bupa UK Insurance has launched a free HR, health and wellbeing support service for its SME customers. The insurer said its Growth+ service aims to help small business owners and entrepreneurs take...
Read moreL&G’s view on loaded premiums, non-advised sales, data sharing and diversity in product design – Ali Crossley interview
In an exclusive interview, Legal & General Retail managing director for distribution Ali Crossley speaks to Health & Protection about the insurer's position on loaded premiums, sharing data with distributors, non-advised sales...
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