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Advisers should complain to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) if they do not receive target market data from insurers as required under Consumer Duty information sharing requirements. This is according to FCA...

Spiralling inflation and energy costs have combined to create a cost of living crisis in which some people have been left with a choice between eating and heating. As a result, some...

As suicides, drug and alcohol-related deaths increase among the middle aged, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed it is analysing data around barriers to accessing mental health services. Presenting the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointments of Therese Chambers and Steve Smart as joint executive directors of enforcement and market oversight, as well the creation of a single legal...

Private healthcare billings for procedures and consultations conducted through insurance were 19% higher at the start of 2023 when compared to the same period of 2022, according todata from Healthcode. The organisation...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...