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A notable shift appears to have taken place in the last year within the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market. The many fledgling changes flapping away since the Covid pandemic ended now...

Insurers should prioritise improving the mental health of young people, building trust in healthcare and putting humans back at the centre of insurance, Sir Charlie Mayfield has said. Sir Charlie (pictured), who is...

Insurers need to investigate every possible avenue to find out the root causes of why employees have fallen out of work before they can identify them as 'gaming the system', according to...

Sir Charlie Mayfield has challenged insurance providers to develop risk pooling for SMEs to enable their employees to gain access to affordable health and wellbeing benefits. Risk pooling already exists in the...

Early intervention has cut the number of employees who go on to experience a severe or moderately severe mental health condition by 93%, according to Axa Health. Heather Smith, CEO of Axa...

Canada Life is extending its WeCare virtual healthcare services beyond income protection and small SME customers to all of its 2.8 million group protection members. The insurer is also adding a new...

Health secretary Wes Streeting has guaranteed the exemption of VAT on private healthcare will not be removed in the upcoming Budget. Streeting told the BBC "it's not happening" and repeated that answer...

Covering special risks is hard enough in domestic settings, but this can prove near to impossible when trying to arrange international private medical insurance (IPMI) for individuals. Policies where medical history is...

Going the extra mile for a young mother who had disclosed that she attempted suicide in the past helped her secure income protection cover. This is according to Nicola Huxley, director at...

The crucial role of occupational health was the missing piece of Lord Darzi's 10 year plan for the NHS - particularly as smaller employers seek help to tackle labour market inactivity. This...