Private health sector activity is 121% up on pre-pandemic levels while the practice of tiering - which sees independent sector provide support to NHS trusts - is "here to stay". This is...
Read moreAlmost all countries in the Middle East will see medical plan costs increase next year at a rate lower than the global average, with Jordan the lowest of all, according to statistics...
Read moreBroadway Insurance Brokers has appointed Emma Wood as director of healthcare. Wood (pictured) joins from Reich Insurance Group where she was deputy head of department and before that healthcare account handler. Prior...
Read morePremier Choice Healthcare (PCH) is buying advice firm Healthcover as it targets a greater presence and opportunity in the international private medical insurance (PMI) market. PCH said it has completed the acquisition...
Read moreCustomer demand and affordability, not insurers’ budgets, are driving cuts and changes to the way cancer care is covered by private medical insurance (PMI), according to Aviva. Aviva Health medical director Dr...
Read moreThe UK Health & Protection Awards returned to the Hilton Park Lane in London bigger than ever before. More than 750 advisers, insurers and other representatives gathered together at a packed venue...
Read moreAviva has seen a 35% increase in oncology spend since 2017. This is according to Dr Suba M (pictured), medical director at Aviva Health, who was addressing LaingBuisson’s Private Acute Health Conference...
Read moreAxa Health's digital orthopaedic service has proven "transformational" for the insurer and its customers driving down consultations, scanning and treatments, according to its head of specialist and practitioner relations Sarah Taylor. Presenting...
Read moreGeneral insurance and pure protection complaints soared by more than a quarter (26.6%) for the first half of 2023 compared to the last half of 2022, according to data from the Financial...
Read moreVitality's owner Discovery Health has partnered with Amwell, a global hybrid health care enablement specialist, to introduce the first digital therapeutic benefits funded by a health insurer in South Africa. The move...
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