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Aviva bringing firms with loaded commission ‘back into line’
Aviva has not removed any intermediaries from its panel over the use of loaded premiums but has told firms to bring metrics around these premiums "back into line", the insurer has told...
Read moreHealth Summit: PHIN urges advisers to promote treatment quality data to clients
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) believes insurers are not doing enough to promote its data on healthcare quality from practitioners and hospitals to patients. The body also urged advisers to direct...
Read moreAIG appoints MacLean group protection MD as Lovett retires
Lee Lovett is retiring as managing director (MD) of group protection at AIG Life with Donald MacLean appointed as his successor. Lovett has spent more than 40 years in the financial services...
Read morePhoto gallery: Health Summit in pictures
Health & Protection's inaugural Health Summit took place last week at Tylney Hall in Hampshire. The exclusive two-day event saw advisers and intermediaries working in the private medical insurance (PMI) and healthcare...
Read moreHealth Summit: ‘They are not their premier consultants’ – open referral issues rising on patient waits and doctor specialties
Advisers are starting to encounter issues with private health clients being able to access appointments on open referral plans while there are signs customers do not understand how these arrangements work. And...
Read moreHealth Summit: PMI tax campaign should turn attention to ‘bigger impact’ of P11D
The health insurance sector should change tack in its campaign for cuts to private medical insurance (PMI) tax and instead focus on P11D benefits charges, Health & Protection's Health Summit has heard....
Read moreHealth Summit: Advisers must explain value of PMI P11D charges to young people
Advisers must communicate to young people the importance opting in to company private medical insurance (PMI) schemes despite the additional hit to their pocket of employee benefit taxes, Health & Protection's Health...
Read moreHealth Summit: Advisers should brace for commission to be abolished – Middleton
The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) executive chairman David Middleton has warned commissions on private medical insurance cover are likely to be abolished in future. The issue of signifcantly higher...
Read moreBudget 2023: Hunt ignores calls for tax relief on health insurance
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ignored calls from across the sector to offer tax cuts or relief for those using some form of private health insurance or provision. NHS waiting lists have continued...
Read moreL&G’s view on loaded premiums, non-advised sales, data sharing and diversity in product design – Ali Crossley interview
In an exclusive interview, Legal & General Retail managing director for distribution Ali Crossley speaks to Health & Protection about the insurer's position on loaded premiums, sharing data with distributors, non-advised sales...
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