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A consultant surgeon at a high-profile independent hospital has accused other private cancer care providers of ignoring conflicts of interest when negotiating work to support the NHS during the pandemic. Satya Bhattacharya,...

Bupa expects to complete its £125m rebate to customers next week and revealed that use of its virtual GP service grew fourfold since the pandemic hit. But the insurer also emphasised concerns...

The Exeter has paid more than £1.5m in cash benefit for overnight hospital stays since it increased the level of refund as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Steve Bryan, director of...

The UK may be home to twice the number of long Covid sufferers than first feared, with research suggesting the figure could be as high as two million. The Imperial College London-led...

Vitality has overhauled its private medical insurance (PMI) offering including the creation of a panel of consultants which policyholders will be rewarded for using. The insurer said the panel consists of thousands...

US health insurance solutions provider ArmadaCare has appointed Mike Ross (pictured) as chief revenue officer (CRO). Ross, who was most recently head of carrier relations at Health IQ, will be responsible for...

Simplyhealth appointed Sneh Khemka as CEO in March. In his first interview he speaks to Health & Protection about transforming the insurer, digital healthcare product evolution, why being kind matters and his...

National regulations are making it harder for smaller firms to expand their business into more international private medical insurance (IPMI) markets. In addressing delegates at the Health Compass Transforming the Transaction in...

Advisers need to embrace technology or face dying out, according to Lourdes Peters, president and CEO of independent benefit advisory insurance brokers World of America. According to Peters, who was addressing delegates...

LV= has revealed it paid more than £15.6m in cancer-related claims during the first five months of the year but is expecting that to rise sharply during the second half of 2021....