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PHIN adds typical hospital stay and safety incident data for private patients
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) has launched a national-level service showing how private hospital admissions, length of stay and safety incidents vary by patient characteristics, such as age, gender, ethnicity and...
Read moreLifeSearch hires former Aviva CIO to head up tech transformation
LifeSearch has appointed Chris Payne as chief information officer (CIO) to lead the next stage of its technology transformation. Payne (pictured), who brings with him over 28 years of commercial technology experience...
Read moreUnum enters ‘very adjacent’ cash plan market after two-year planning
Unum is entering the cash plan market with a product for organisations with at least four employees that can be employer or employee paid. Unum UK CEO Mark Till told Health &...
Read moreScottish Widows adds trio to protection distribution team
Scottish Widows has added three people to its protection distribution team. Katie Dennehy (pictured far left) and Heena Sandhu (pictured centre right) join as national business development managers, and Jonathan Hall (pictured...
Read moreHow to tackle the employee sick leave bill with preventative healthcare – Capper
Employers face a growing challenge managing sickness-related absence and the pressure looks set to accelerate. From April 2026, changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will come into effect under the Employment Rights...
Read moreInternational Citizens Insurance hires VP of sales and expands team
International Citizens Insurance (ICI) has appointed Amanda Sharon as vice president of sales. Sharon (pictured) has nearly a decade of leadership experience from EF Go Ahead Tours, where she was most recently...
Read moreFamily Business: ‘I see my daughter grow as a woman and adviser’ – Pam and Nina Brown
Continuing our special mini-series featuring mothers and daughters working across the health and protection sector, Health & Protection speaks to Pam and Nina Brown, owner and protection adviser respectively at Pam Brown...
Read moreIndividual PMI Report: Insurers expect large annual premium increases to continue
The high inflation environment for the UK retail private medical insurance (PMI) market is set to continue for the next couple of years, providers have told Health & Protection. Health & Protection’s...
Read moreInflation driving transparency demands but IPMI becoming alternative to domestic plans – analysis
High medical inflation is causing companies across the globe to seek more bang for their buck from international private medical insurance (IPMI). The desire to expand globally now extends as much to...
Read moreRegularly 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...
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