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Private healthcare providers are expecting stronger growth from private medical insurance (PMI) than self-pay in the upcoming year. This is according to a survey carried out among 52 providers across England including...

Cigna Healthcare, International Health has appointed Rob Peat as CEO of Asia Pacific. He will take on the role as of 1 April.  Based in Hong Kong, Peat (pictured) will oversee International Health’s operations...

As the government sets out to decrease welfare payments, it is to undertake a fundamental review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, involving policy experts, stakeholders and disabled people.   The...

The Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance is set to increase by 2029, but the health element of that is set to be halved and frozen for new claims, according to chancellor Rachel...

International private medical insurance (IPMI) increasingly offers a very wide range of additional benefits which can help drive demand, increase usage and potentially reduce large treatment costs. But maximising their value depends...

The scope of this year’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) market study will not include private medical insurance (PMI), business and key protection insurance, or accident, sickness and unemployment insurance (ASU), according to...

The cost of economic inactivity due to sickness absence and other ill health is likely to be at least £240bn per year but could be as much as £330bn, according to the...

Perci Health has received an investment from Macmillan Cancer Support to help more people with cancer get the personalised care they need.  Perci Health would not divulge the size of the investment,...

Voting for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2025 is now open. Advisers, brokers and other intermediaries including employee benefit consultants can vote to recognise the providers they believe have been outstanding...

Health insurer Ison Secure has announced the appointment of Camil Younes to the position of vice president of broker partnerships, based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.  Younes was previously director...