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Maxis GBN launches data services featuring medical claims dashboard
Maxis GBN has launched a set of services featuring a new medical claims dashboard holding data and allowing multinationals to generate bespoke reports and create their own graphs. The Maxis+ services will...
Read morePerci Health recruits Royal Marsden consultant as medical director
Perci Health has appointed Dr Matt Brown, consultant in pain medicine at The Royal Marsden, as medical director ahead of further service extensions. The virtual cancer clinic revealed that under Dr Brown’s...
Read moreAxa Global ups benefit limits and adds co-pays across individual and SME plans
Axa Global Healthcare has increased a number of benefit limits, co-pay and refund options to its international private medical insurance (IPMI) plans for individuals and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The insurer...
Read moreMetLife UK hires permanent head of propositions
MetLife UK has appointed Matt Foster as head of propositions. Foster (pictured) has held the role on an interim basis for the last six months. A former proposition lead for healthcare at...
Read moreBudget set for 26 November as Reeves prioritises NHS
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the Budget will take place on Wednesday 26 November, with NHS and healthcare set to be a key priority. Amid speculation that the chancellor will need to...
Read moreHealthcare costs up 10% for some Malaysian employers – Aon
Healthcare costs are a key concern for employers operating across Malaysia, with some firms seeing 5-10% annual benefits increases. This according to Aon’s 2025 Malaysia Employee Benefits and Wellbeing Report which surveyed...
Read moreSingle is best in more ways than one – Lakey
Single life policies can work out better for individuals in couples in more ways than one, according to Alan Lakey, director at CIExpert. Lakey (pictured) spoke to Health & Protection as CIExpert...
Read morePMI is already highly regulated and ‘does not do things on its own’ – advisers
The UK's private medical insurance (PMI) sector is already highly regulated - meaning it 'does not do things on its own,' while greater regulation of the sector would not be welcomed by...
Read morePMI-funded hospital admissions return to record level – PHIN
Private medical insurance (PMI) funded hospital admissions returned to record levels in the first quarter of 2025 - with 730 more admissions than the same period in 2024. However, overall private hospital...
Read moreExclusive: Peer calls for tighter PMI regulation as insurers ‘won’t do the right thing on their own’
A Green Party peer is calling for greater regulation of UK private medical insurance (PMI) after raising several concerns about the sector in Parliament, Health & Protection can exclusively reveal. Baroness Natalie...
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Beagle Street launches into adviser protection market
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‘Hollowing out’ of PMI and protection plans as comparison sites dominate – Daley
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Beagle Street life and CI product details with pricing to reflect ‘individual risk’
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Past 24 months has put decades of progress at a tipping point – John Hilson, Axa
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Medical inflation should be seen as an opportunity to modernise PMI – Nye
