Cash plans

Private medical insurance (PMI) and cash plans have seen a surge in uptake over the last year while life and income protection (IP) cover have dropped in demand, according to research. The...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation setting new reporting requirements aimed at improving diversity and inclusion across the financial services sector. In particular the proposals focus on boosting diversity...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a review of 10 years of the current concurrency arrangements, which set out how the CMA and sector regulators collaborate to enforce competition law...

The Consumer Duty is not the only regulatory challenge keeping advice and insurance firms up at night. Incoming abolition of the lifetime allowance, right to be forgotten legislation in Europe and concerns...

Bupa is scrapping a further £59m Covid rebate for its UK customers as the private medical insurance (PMI) provider said deferred claims from the pandemic are starting to appear. It completed an...

All advisers should ensure they are "well-advanced" on their journey towards compliance with Consumer Duty, according to Branko Bjelobaba, principal at consultancy Branko. Speaking to Health & Protection on the morning the...

Three-quarters of employees have delayed visits to the dentist in the last year with fears about employer push back being a key factor. Research by Bupa found 73% of the 2,049 UK...

There was a slight increase in protection and health insurance coverage in the two-year period since the pandemic first, hit fuelled by growing appetite for health cash plans and income protection. However...

Medicash is eyeing expansion of its services and generating new income streams following the £12m purchase of its current home. The cash plan provider has been leasing the third floor of the...

Principal firms have tightened up control of their appointed representatives (AR) as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) focus on the area. The regulator’s practitioner panel research found the majority...