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Verlingue brings in McKinney from Gallagher to lead Birmingham expansion
Private medical insurance (PMI) and employee benefits adviser Verlingue has appointed Ian McKinney as director, corporate - Midlands and South West to lead its new operation in Birmingham. The firm is opening...
Read moreAviva and Simplyhealth invest in medical scanning service targeting insurer work
Scan.com has raised a $12m Series A round co-led by Aviva Ventures, Simplyhealth Ventures, YZR Capital, Oxford Capital and Triple Point Ventures, with participation from Forefront Venture Partners. The London and Atlanta-based...
Read morePerci Health raises £3.4m to expand team and partnerships
Perci Health, an online platform support cancer patients has raised £3.4m in a seed round led by Octopus Ventures. The additional funds will enable the company to further invest into its technology...
Read moreInsurance United Against Dementia raises £8m for Alzheimer’s Society
Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) has now raised more than £8m for the Alzheimer’s Society. Launched in 2017 in partnership with the charity, IUAD is led by senior professionals from across the...
Read moreMajority of Brits would consider seeing a private GP – Spire
More than half of Brits (53%) would consider seeing a private GP in the future, according to a poll commissioned by Spire Healthcare. A third (32%) of the 2,000 respondents who took...
Read moreCovid still hitting as excess deaths highest since second wave
The first three months of 2023 saw the highest number of excess deaths in the UK since the start of the second wave of the pandemic. Based on provisional Office for National...
Read moreMore than nine in 10 young adults admit to struggling with mental health – Mind
The vast majority of young people are struggling with their mental health, according to research from mental health charity Mind. The poll of 2,000 18-24 year olds revealed 95% were struggling with...
Read moreAddressing disability in the workplace – Bupa
The Bupa Health Insights series brings you the latest healthcare trends, interviews with medical experts and specialist insight from Bupa: all designed to keep you and your organisation one step ahead....
Read morePolice investigating £38k of PMI fraud in two months as inflation drives scams
The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has investigated 18 claims of opportunistic insurance fraud between February and March, as soaring inflation is triggering a rise in fraud. IFED...
Read moreTwo private hospitals break market order as CMA threatens further action
Two private hospitals have been publically warned about not providing data on performance and patient outcomes and threatened with regulatory enforcement if they fail to meet a six month deadline to do...
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FCA removing intermediary disclosure of single-tie deals, panels, remuneration and insurer ownership
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FCA proposes only advised and non-advised insurance sales
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Redefining health insurance by analytics and data-driven innovation – Plewes and Balboa
