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Advisers dubious of Coffey’s plans to improve NHS as virtual service demand soars
Advisers are dubious over whether government commitments to improve access to GPs will prove successful amid soaring demand for virtual GP services from customers. The commitments feature in health and social care...
Read moreMini Budget: Health and social care levy axing to hit exchequer by £65bn
The government's reversal of its National Insurance Contributions (NICs) hike to fund the health and social care levy will hit the UK's coffers to the tune of more than £65bn over the...
Read moreGovernment commits to maximising private healthcare use in latest NHS plan
Health and Social Care Secretary Thérèse Coffey has committed to maximising use of the private health sector to expand NHS capacity as part of a package of measures in the government's latest...
Read moreExclusive: Cigna withdrawing from UK PMI and healthcare trusts
Cigna is withdrawing from the UK domestic private medical insurance (PMI) and healthcare trusts market, Health & Protection can reveal. At present the insurer offers group PMI schemes and healthcare trust administration...
Read moreIP and PMI complaints drop – FOS
Complaints about income protection (IP) insurance dropped by 15% in the first quarter of the 2022-23 financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The latest data showed 171...
Read moreHNW shifting priorities from handbags to health and legacy planning – analysis
The pandemic has focused minds on our own mortality as never before - and high net worth (HNW) individuals are no different, with behvaiour shifts becoming apparent. In terms of their own...
Read moreWhen every person counts: Reducing absence in the workplace to keep your small business growing – Bupa
In Bupa's latest workplace Health and Wellbeing Academy for small businesses Piers Linney, award winning entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den investor, was joined by a panel of experts to discuss ways...
Read moreWho do you rate highly? Have your say on health and protection provider service
Health & Protection wants advisers’ views on the service you receive from insurance providers. Tell us which health and protection insurers have the most knowledgeable staff. Who goes above and beyond to...
Read moreAllianz Partners appoints CEO
Allianz Partners has appointed Tomas Kunzmann as CEO. Kunzmann (pictured) took up his post on 1 July and succeeds Sirma Boshnakova, who was appointed board member of Allianz SE earlier this year....
Read moreFinancial services sector needs to come together to fight financial crime amid cost of living crisis – FCA
The financial services sector needs to come together to fight the scourge of finanical crime which the Financial Conduct Authority expects to become even more prevalent amid a cost of living crisis....
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