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Usay partners with Contact State on marketing activities and lead validation
Health and protection insurance comparison service Usay Compare has partnered with Contact State to improve its marketing activity and validate leads. Usay said the platform had been brought on board to help...
Read moreHealth Summit: Surging diagnostics demand accounts for 39% of private healthcare
Demand for private healthcare diagnostics will only increase so the onus is on providers to decide whether to increase capacity in this area, according to Fiona Booth, head of external affairs and...
Read moreHealth Summit: Tell boards repercussions of not changing archaic cultures – Bupa
Using the support of colleagues across an organisation and emphasising the repercussions of failing to change can be key to changing archaic boardroom cultures, Health & Protection's Health Summit has heard. Marcia...
Read moreHealth Summit: ‘They are not their premier consultants’ – open referral issues rising on patient waits and doctor specialties
Advisers are starting to encounter issues with private health clients being able to access appointments on open referral plans while there are signs customers do not understand how these arrangements work. And...
Read moreAIG Life promotes Austin to MD of individual protection
AIG Life has appointed Nick Austin as managing director of its individual protection business. He will report to Phil Willcock, chief executive officer at AIG Life. Austin (pictured) only joined the UK...
Read moreHealth Summit: Parents increasingly exploring child-only PMI policies
The cost of living is causing customers to increasingly explore child-only private medical insurance (PMI) policies where parents are choosing to cover their dependants rather than themselves. Speaking at Health & Protection's...
Read moreHealth Summit: PMI tax campaign should turn attention to ‘bigger impact’ of P11D
The health insurance sector should change tack in its campaign for cuts to private medical insurance (PMI) tax and instead focus on P11D benefits charges, Health & Protection's Health Summit has heard....
Read moreHealth 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...
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