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The Exeter sees virtual GP and mental health use rise
The Exeter saw usage of its free member health and wellbeing app grow by 10% in 2022. The protection and health insurer noted remote GP appointments remained the most popular service, accounting...
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 moreHealth Summit: ‘General election triggered record PMI enquiries’
Record NHS wait times have meant clients are now more aware of the importance of their own health and expect to pay more for treatment in future as well. This is according...
Read moreHudson appointed RedArc MD as Husbands moves to commercial director
Sam Hudson has been appointed managing director of RedArc, with Christine Husbands (pictured) becoming commercial director. Hudson assumes his new role alongside his existing position as managing director of Assured Futures, which...
Read moreUsay partners with Contact State on marketing activities and lead validation
Health and protection insurance comparison service Usay Compare has partnered with Contact State to improve its marketing activity and validate leads. Usay said the platform had been brought on board to help...
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: Surging diagnostics demand accounts for 39% of private healthcare
Demand for private healthcare diagnostics will only increase so the onus is on providers to decide whether to increase capacity in this area, according to Fiona Booth, head of external affairs and...
Read moreHealth Summit: Tell boards repercussions of not changing archaic cultures – Bupa
Using the support of colleagues across an organisation and emphasising the repercussions of failing to change can be key to changing archaic boardroom cultures, Health & Protection's Health Summit has heard. Marcia...
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...
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