Consumer Duty an ‘excellent accelerant’ for protection market – Sinclair
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) incoming Consumer Duty rules will prove a strong push for the protection market by forcing...
Poor insurer service levels deter advisers from taking protection cases – AMI
If advisers are uncertain about the quality of service they will receive from insurers they will reduce or even stop...
Health insurers accused of paying doctors below 1999 fees for some procedures
Doctors have accused insurers of putting a chokehold on the private healthcare market and paying less than they were in...
Bupa denies consultants and anaesthetists are ditching it over fees as Aviva acknowledges practitioner challenges
Bupa Insurance CEO Alex Perry said the insurer is not seeing “widespread challenges” with securing consultants and anaesthetists to conduct...
April International partners with Salama on UAE expansion
April International is partnering with local insurer Salama to offer its international private medical insurance (IPMI) products in the United...
CMA threatens private hospitals and doctors not providing patient outcome data
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has threatened to take enforcement action on private hospitals and doctors not supplying data...
Bupa passes three million insured and urges providers to radically improve service
Bupa has broken the mark of three million customers across its UK private medical insurance (PMI) and dental insurance business...
Truss resigns as PM after shortest tenure on record
Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister and leader of the Conservative party after just 44 days in office –...
FCA praises signposting clients with pre-existing conditions to meet Consumer Duty
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has applauded the signposting of customers with pre-existing health conditions to specialists as a positive...
FCA highlights personal accident insurance as potentially poor value
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has identified personal accident cover as potentially providing “poor value”. The regulator said concerns had...
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