Covid-19

Private medical insurance (PMI) providers are exploring contingency plans to maintain treatment should private hospital capacity be taken over for NHS work, but do not believe significant numbers of their patients will...

Adviser firms are generally positive about the coming year with growth, acquisitions, and partnerships high on the agenda. But as firms gear up to grow their businesses, they are also alive to...

The NHS in England has entered into a three month agreement with 10 private healthcare providers including Spire, Nuffield and Circle to support the health service if the Omicron variant leads to...

Working To Wellbeing has seen a steady stream of people using its long Covid services throughout the pandemic but is concerned about the potential impact of the Omicron variant wave, according to...

The number of people suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for more than a year in the UK is now more than a half a million - up more than 15% in...

Next year should see a greater focus on educating advisers and customers about how protection insurance can help them, Legal & General and Zurich have said. The insurers believe it is time...

Protection insurers will need to continue focusing on supporting customers through the claims process in 2022 as death claims continue be well above the long-term trend, they have told Health & Protection....

The growing number of NHS staff who are off work due to contracting Covid is a big worry for trust for leaders, according to Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers. Official...

Employers should support staff who catch the Omicron and other variants of Covid-19 as early as possible as long Covid can arise from even initially mild infections. The advice came from Working...

Advisers have told Health & Protection they are "cracking on" and doing the best they can as the Omicron variant surges through the country and contributes to another record day of Covid...