Bupa UK insurance has welcomed Practice Plus Group to its network of partner hospitals. Bupa’s insurance customers can now choose from Practice Plus Group’s 10 hospitals and surgical centres to complete their...
Read moreThere is no getting around the fact that cancer treatment is costly. Mindful of these costs, the focus for insurers is firmly on prevention and early diagnosis and a more individualised approach...
Read moreAxa has blamed higher health claims frequency in the UK as one of the primary factors behind an 8% decline in life and health earnings for 2023. The insurer's full year results...
Read moreAxa Health has acquired online outpatient service provider HBSUK. HBSUK is one of a number of existing external service providers that Axa Health works with. The insurer committed to build on its...
Read moreAxa Global Healthcare has launched the phased rollout of its healthcare payment card. The card consists of a virtual card which members can add to their Apple or Google Wallet and enables...
Read moreInsurance Premium Tax (IPT) raised £6.5bn for the Treasury between April 2023 and January 2024 compared to £5.9bn in the same period of the previous year according to latest HM Revenue &...
Read moreUK businesses will be urged to tackle in-work sickness and stop people from falling out the workforce, following the appointment of Dame Carol Black as the government’s new occupational health tsar. Black,...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has praised insurers for improving propositions to offer new health and wellbeing benefits and widening policy definitions to cover more customers. In its Consumer Duty implementation: good...
Read moreThe Association of Medical Insurers (AMII) has added Switch Health, PSG, and Healthwell as intermediary members. Jack Chandler, CEO at Switch Health, said: "As we join AMII, we look forward to gaining...
Read moreThe Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched a competency diagnostic tool to identify key areas of training needs to ensure adviser compliance with Consumer Duty. Proficiency+ Consumer Duty was developed in collaboration...
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