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Regularly reviewing client’s cover is a professional duty – Thomson
When Alf Roberts from Coronation Street died from a stroke the day after his life insurance policy expired on New Year’s Day in 1999, his wife Audrey was left both heartbroken and...
Read moreExclusive: Peer calls for tighter PMI regulation as insurers ‘won’t do the right thing on their own’
A Green Party peer is calling for greater regulation of UK private medical insurance (PMI) after raising several concerns about the sector in Parliament, Health & Protection can exclusively reveal. Baroness Natalie...
Read moreIndividual PMI Report: Membership hits 1.6 million but growth rate almost halves
Individual membership of private medical insurance (PMI) broke the 1.6 million figure in 2024 but continued growing at a much slower rate, according to data from providers for Health & Protection’s annual...
Read moreGrowing demand for digital services and flexible plans as IPMI chosen over local care – analysis
There are signs that older high net worth individuals (HNWs) are increasingly choosing to leave the UK and relocate abroad. When they do, these individuals need a robust international private medical insurance...
Read moreAnnual health MOT could have saved my cancer-stricken dad’s life – Lakey
Annual health MOTs, provided as part of added value services to insurance products, really come into their own in preventing customers from developing cancers with low survival rates, according to Alan Lakey,...
Read moreFOS adds 600 PMI and IP complaints after completing classification – exclusive
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has corrected its latest complaints figures for private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection products (IP) after Health & Protection questioned the original data. As a result,...
Read moreRemoval of VAT exemption on private healthcare would be ‘madness’ – advisers
Removing the VAT exemption on private healthcare would be "madness" adding to the tax burden on employers and causing individuals and UK plc alike to think long and hard about whether they...
Read moreAscend Broking Group launches protection division – exclusive
Ascend Broking Group has launched Ascend Life, a protection division offering life and income protection solutions to individual and corporate clients. Led by Kristian Breeze (pictured), the division's services include life cover,...
Read moreCancer care in the workplace roundtable: What do companies want to achieve with cancer-related benefits?
Despite 50% of cancer cases being preventable, employers are struggling to align their workplace cancer strategies with the crucial need for prevention and early detection, Richard Browne hears. With around 50%...
Read more‘Common sense prevailed’ as group life schemes avoid IHT liability
The group risk industry has warmly welcomed confirmation that death in service benefits will not be brought under the scope of inheritance tax (IHT) liabilities. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) also confirmed...
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