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Axa Health hires Bupa’s Glassborow as distribution and marketing director
Axa Health has hired Richard Glassborow for the newly created role of distribution and marketing director. Glassborow (pictured) is joining from Bupa UK Insurance where he is currently consumer distribution and marketing...
Read moreAnother year with no FSCS levy for health, protection and mortgage advisers
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is expecting a third consecutive year with no additional levy for advisers operating in the protection and health insurance sectors. Those working in the mortgage broker...
Read moreAviva adds some adviser-valued AIG features including pregnancy support to CI
Aviva is including six types of pregnancy complications and increasing the number of child-specific illnesses eligible for claim as part of changes to its individual critical illness cover. The insurer said the...
Read moreAdvisers and insurers could face paying FOS case fees up-front when complaints submitted
Advisers, intermediaries, insurers and other financial services firms could be forced to pay fees for complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) when they are submitted. This would reverse the current...
Read moreFOS hits claims management companies with £250 case fee as FCA eyes tighter rules
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will introduce a £250 case fee for complaints submitted by claims management companies (CMCs) and other professional representatives. Meanwhile the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on...
Read morePMI market remains ‘buoyant’ and expected to keep growing – Axa Health and Aviva
Private medical insurance (PMI) sales remain strong and are expected to continue growing despite inflation hitting consumers across the country, according to Axa Health and Aviva. Kelly Morris, head of client retention...
Read moreReeves sets out replacing FCA Certification Regime and FOS modernisation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out significant reforms to be made to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). This includes an overhaul and replacement of the FCA Certification...
Read moreLabour charges FCA and PRA to review mutuals regulation
The Labour government has requested both leading financial regulators to review the rules governing mutual organisations to “unlock the full potential of the mutual and cooperative sector in the UK”. Economic secretary...
Read moreNHS waiting list drops by 70,000
The NHS waiting list for treatment in England dipped by 70,000 in September although it remained around 7.6 million where it has been for a year. According to the latest data, there...
Read morePMI cancer care should focus on prevention due to poor UK outcomes – Wishart
Private medical insurance (PMI) should be focusing cancer care on prevention, screening and diagnosis, and greater access to whole workforces, according to Check4Cancer. Professor Gordon Wishart, founder and chief medical officer of...
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