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Simplyhealth offering women’s health GP option through HealthHero
Simplyhealth is to offer customers the choice of accessing women’s health-focused GPs when booking an appointment through its online service at no additional cost. The women’s health-focused GP services provided by HealthHero...
Read moreOctober IPT receipts up 24% year-on-year
Insurance premium tax (IPT) receipts reached £956m in October 2024, according to data from HM Revenue & Customs. The sum brought the seventh-month total for the 2024/25 tax year to £5.5bn. The...
Read moreData is king for health insurance industry – Vitality
Data is now the leading decision factor when it comes to the health and wellbeing sector, according to Dr Katie Tryon, director of health strategy at Vitality Health. “Data is king nowadays,...
Read moreUK health insurance cost increases projected to outstrip rest of world – WTW
Healthcare benefit costs in the UK are projected to outstrip increases across the globe, according to research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The research found that while these costs are projected to...
Read moreOne in four advisers spend 100 hours on phone to underwriters each year – IPipeline
More than a quarter of advisers have reported spending up to 100 hours on the phone with underwriters each year, according to research from IPipeline. The findings were taken from a survey...
Read moreMoore Health and Protection joins AMII as intermediary member
Moore Health and Protection has joined the Association of Medical Insurers (AMII) as an intermediary member. Based in Stockport, the consultancy was established in 2020 and has grown to include six advisers....
Read moreBupa on track to deliver one million virtual GP appointments in 2024
Bupa expects to deliver one million remote GP appointments by the end of 2024, up from 750,000 last year - potentially representing an increase of more than 30%. This is according to...
Read moreAxa Health hires Bupa’s Glassborow as distribution and marketing director
Axa Health has hired Richard Glassborow for the newly created role of distribution and marketing director. Glassborow (pictured) is joining from Bupa UK Insurance where he is currently consumer distribution and marketing...
Read moreAnother year with no FSCS levy for health, protection and mortgage advisers
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is expecting a third consecutive year with no additional levy for advisers operating in the protection and health insurance sectors. Those working in the mortgage broker...
Read moreAdvisers and insurers could face paying FOS case fees up-front when complaints submitted
Advisers, intermediaries, insurers and other financial services firms could be forced to pay fees for complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) when they are submitted. This would reverse the current...
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