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Health 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 moreAIG Life promotes Austin to MD of individual protection
AIG Life has appointed Nick Austin as managing director of its individual protection business. He will report to Phil Willcock, chief executive officer at AIG Life. Austin (pictured) only joined the UK...
Read moreHealth Summit: Parents increasingly exploring child-only PMI policies
The cost of living is causing customers to increasingly explore child-only private medical insurance (PMI) policies where parents are choosing to cover their dependants rather than themselves. Speaking at Health & Protection's...
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: War for talent driving virgin schemes and adviser positivity
Advisers are particularly positive about the group private medical insurance (PMI) market with an intensifying war for talent proving the primary motivator for firms taking out new schemes and extending cover beyond...
Read moreAIG Life’s Churcher to retire at end of the month
Vicky Churcher has announced her retirement as intermediary director and business transformation lead at AIG Life. Taking to LinkedIn to announce her news, Churcher revealed she will be stepping down at the...
Read moreHealth Summit: Insurers should examine claims and complaints data to avoid excluding certain groups – Chakravorty
Private medical insurers have been urged to think about how the way their products are designed, sold and promoted may inadvertently discriminate against certain groups of people. Chico Chakravorty, founder of Doing...
Read moreHealth Summit: FOS reveals top tips for PMI advisers to guard against complaints
Advisers have been urged to ensure they encourage customers to check their medical history, really explain how private medical insurance (PMI) works and not veer into influencing if they are engaging in...
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: PHIN exploring simplifying practitioner performance data
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) is exploring ways of contextualising data around practitioner's performance. Responding to a question raised on the second day of Health & Protection's Health Summit at Tylney...
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