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Bupa opens five health centres within MyHealthcare sites
Bupa Health Clinics is opening five new health centres within private medical and dental provider MyHealthcare sites. The centres, based in Balham, Swiss Cottage and Chiswick in London, Edgbaston in Birmingham and...
Read moreRoyal London pays record £731m in protection claims
Royal London paid 99% of all protection claims in 2023, paying out over 77,000 protection claims, totalling a record total of £731m, representing £100m more than 2022. This is according to the...
Read moreFluent Money appoints director of mortgages and protection
Fluent Money has appointed Martin Baker as director of mortgages and protection in a newly created role. Joining the business on 8 July, Baker joins the financial solutions provider having held roles...
Read morePCH wraps up three acquisitions in three months
Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) has completed its third acquisition in three months. In March, the firm acquired 100% of the share capital of Midlands-based intermediary Central Healthcare Ltd. This was followed in...
Read moreMore than 40,000 fewer protection policies sold at start of year – Gen Re
More than 40,000 fewer protection policies were sold in Q1 2024 than in the corresponding quarter of 2023, according to Gen Re. The reinsurer’s Protection Pulse update for the first quarter of...
Read moreAI helpful for IPMI but some customers still want a real person over a machine
While artificial intelligence (AI) is being put to use in fielding out of hours calls and performing back office operations, international private medical insurance advisers need to be mindful of customers who...
Read moreMillions affected as US healthcare provider hit by data security hack
Texas-based healthcare provider WebTPA has announced that a data security incident has impacted its network and some 2.4 million customers. WebTPA is a third-party administrator with more than 30 years of experience...
Read moreLast chance for advisers to enter UK Health & Protection Awards
The deadline is arriving for advisers to enter The UK Health & Protection Awards 2024. Entries can be submitted on the Awards website and this year includes a new category for networks...
Read moreBeagle Street survey finds most young adults lack life cover
Most of the young adults responding to a survey by life insurer Beagle Street reported that they do not have life cover. The survey of 2,000 adults aged between 18 and 40...
Read moreFCA conducting thematic review of protection product governance and fair value
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has undertaken an in-depth review of the life insurance market's governance arrangements and pure protection product fair value. The regulator said it had conducted the review over...
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Why the US healthcare system is so complicated: A practical guide for global employers – UnitedHealthcare Global
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Mis-selling, service levels and customer confusion behind escalating PMI and protection claims – analysis
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Axa Health expands online services into cardiology, urology and neurology
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When a claim isn’t the hard part: Fixing the real problem in protection – Scottish Widows
