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Rapid growth in demand for private medical insurance (PMI) is encouraging for the sector but means new risks are emerging, participants in this Health & Protection roundtable in association with Vitality noted....

Advisers have made a clear call for help from insurers to grow the market for protection and health insurance, with examples including events and research, application support and marketing campaigns. Intermediaries Health...

Soaring NHS wait times and stubbornly high long-term sick numbers have meant employers have been forced to reassess the health and wellbeing support they offer staff. The trend has led growing numbers...

Universal access to NHS dentistry has "gone for good" and NHS England should introduce a basic core service for children, older people and people who cannot afford private treatment, according to the...

Legal & General has partnered with Co-op Insurance to offer its members and customers life and critical illness cover. The insurer said its arrangement includes "exclusive pricing" and benefits for Co-op customers...

Advice firm Tavistock Investments reported a £240,000 pre-tax profit in the first half of the year, reversing an £863,000 loss in the corresponding period last year. In interim results for the six...

Young adults are most likely to cancel a life insurance policy but are also the group most likely to take out such cover following a big life event. Encouragingly, Vitality's survey of...

Almost 50,000 fewer protection policies have been sold in the first three quarters of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to Gen Re. The figures are likely to be...

Health & Protection speaks exclusively to VitalityHealth managing director Dr Keith Klintworth about the current market and how it will be affected this winter. Dr Klintworth discusses the key trends affecting the...

Nine in 10 companies operating across the independent healthcare sector including major hospital groups feel the market environment for private medical insurance (PMI) funded services is very positive or positive and they...