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Commissions for advisers on private medical insurance (PMI) sales are unlikely to be abolished by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) anytime soon but brokers need to be very clear with customers around...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England hit 6.4m after wait lists increased by 200,000 in a single month, according to official data. The latest data shows the...

The pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine is adversely affecting the overall wellbeing of the UK population, with ethnic minorities hardest hit, according to the latest findings of the...

A total of £2.22bn from 30,932 claims was paid out by the group risk industry during 2021, an increase of £208.4m on 2020 figures, according to data from trade body Grid. This...

Healix is renewing its partnership with Health Claims Bureau (HCB) Group after the firm returned 77% of the patients it saw in the last six months back to work. The firms also...

Holloway Friendly has revealed its longest ongoing income protection (IP) claim has been in payment for more than 33 years. The figure was published as part of its annual claims details which...

Employers are planning a major overhaul of their workplace benefits packages in the next two years including a greater equalisation of benefits to all employees, including female and mental health. The moves...

VitalityHealth has seen the number of people using talking therapy sessions for help with mental health issues rise significantly compared to pre-pandemic levels. The insurer did not give the number of people...

Intermediary firms are giving more importance to transferable skills when recruiting advisers for the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, but knowledge and specialist understanding remain the top priority. However, the panel...

Ensuring financial services rules better meet the interests of the UK following Brexit is one of the key aims of the new financial services bill, the government has said. The government will...