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Exclusive interview: Bupa Insurance UK CEO Chris Carroll on the unsustainability of PMI pricing, being open to overhauling commission and ‘not babysitting a business’
Chris Carroll took over as CEO of Bupa Insurance UK at the start of the year, taking over at the helm of the UK's largest health insurer from Alex Perry who had...
Read moreGuardian pays £21m in protection claims
Guardian insurance paid more than £21m in protection claims in 2024, up from £15m in 2023. This included 100% of life claims, 94% of terminal illness (TI) and 92% of critical illness...
Read moreReassured reports claims amount paid rose by a third in 2024
Reassured has announced that the benefit paid out to customers who made life and critical illness claims in 2024 grew 34% year-on-year. In total payments reached £67m from across Reassured’s core insurer...
Read morePMI hospital admissions continued at record levels as self-pay declines – PHIN
Three of the highest quarters for admissions paid for with private medical insurance (PMI) occurred in 2024, a year in which there were more private hospital admissions than any previous year on...
Read moreKrysalis joins IPTF
Krysalis has joined the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF). Krysalis is a neurological occupational rehabilitation service for individuals who have suffered a brain injury or struggle with neurological conditions. It launched in...
Read moreFriday starts at Benenden Health as broker sales manager
Simon Friday will start his new role as a broker sales manager with Benenden Health on 16 June. Health & Protection reported that Friday had left his position at Brown & Brown...
Read moreCIExpert revamps Insight Zone Dashboard
CIExpert has revamped its Insight Zone Dashboard. The revamped dashboard acts as an overview for the existing Insight Zone pages for critical illness (CI), income protection (IP), and life cover, by providing...
Read moreBringing your whole self to work is a privilege not everyone has – Matthew Draper, The OneFamily Group
Kicking off Pride Month, Matthew Draper, technical operations manager at The OneFamily Group, speaks to Health & Protection about feeling like the odd one out earlier in his career, the gradual change...
Read moreAMII renews PMI comparison tool project
The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has renewed its project to launch a comparison tool for private medical insurance (PMI) quotes in the SME market. AMII treasurer Paul Swanson (pictured)...
Read moreAdvisers need insurer SME claims data to evidence their value – Gallagher’s Lewis
Advisers need claims data from private medical insurers for SME clients to fulfil their regulatory objectives, the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) spring summit has heard. Gallagher corporate client team...
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