Compliance & Regulation
FCA pure protection market overview finds 22 million in-force policies
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its pure protection market overview revealing more than 22 million in-force policies across all individual product types. The market overview sets out a factual overview...
Read moreMayfield Review: Five years to turnaround UK’s labour inactivity crisis is ‘optimistic’ – advisers
Sir Charlie Mayfield who is leading the government’s Keep Britain Working Review expects Britain can ‘radically’ transform its labour inactivity crisis within a period of five to 10 years. But advisers Health...
Read morePMI and GIP have role in Keeping Britain Working, but review will be ‘agnostic’ – Sir Charlie Mayfield
Sir Charlie Mayfield who is leading the government's Keep Britain Working Review has highlighted that private medical insurance (PMI) and group income protection (GIP) have a role to play in tackling the...
Read morePHIN adds typical hospital stay and safety incident data for private patients
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has launched a national-level service showing how private hospital admissions, length of stay and safety incidents vary by patient characteristics, such as age, gender, ethnicity and...
Read moreBudget set for 26 November as Reeves prioritises NHS
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the Budget will take place on Wednesday 26 November, with NHS and healthcare set to be a key priority. Amid speculation that the chancellor will need to...
Read morePMI is already highly regulated and ‘does not do things on its own’ – advisers
The UK's private medical insurance (PMI) sector is already highly regulated - meaning it 'does not do things on its own,' while greater regulation of the sector would not be welcomed by...
Read moreExclusive: Peer calls for tighter PMI regulation as insurers ‘won’t do the right thing on their own’
A Green Party peer is calling for greater regulation of UK private medical insurance (PMI) after raising several concerns about the sector in Parliament, Health & Protection can exclusively reveal. Baroness Natalie...
Read moreProtection M&A is raising concerns, but premiums have fallen and advisers see opportunity – analysis
If protection industry professionals thought 2025 would prove to be a quiet year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, they have been proven quite wrong. This summer saw Chesnara announce its agreement...
Read moreDrive to clinical direction and value-based care key factors of 27-year career – Wright
Through more than a quarter of a century Dr Doug Wright oversaw vast changes in the health insurance sector and he expects further significant evolutions in his absence. Wright (pictured), who revealed...
Read moreNHS waiting list inches back up to hit 7.37 million
The number of people awaiting NHS treatment in England inched upwards in June to hit 7.37 million people. This was slightly up on the 7.36 million people awaiting treatment in May, which...
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