PMI & Healthcare

Private hospital admissions hit record levels in the third quarter of the 2024, with those from private medical insurance (PMI) up 9% year-on-year. Latest data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN)...

UAE-based Lifecare International has appointed of Vishal Bhargava as group chief financial officer (CFO).  Bhargava was previously the CFO at NAS Neuron Health Services for more than four years.  Prior to that...

Four thousand frontline NHS staff will benefit from a free rehabilitation programme under a partnership rolled out between government and Nuffield Health. Health & Protection contacted the Department for Health and Social...

Benenden Health has appointed Mike Hay chief people officer following a six-month period as an interim. Hay (pictured) is a former chief people officer at Saffron Building Society, human resources director at...

Insurers are now proving the value of having customers sharing their data with them and patients are more will to do so, according to Chris Carroll CEO of Bupa Insurance. Carroll (pictured...

The Financial Services Compensation Services Scheme (FSCS) has appointed Jenny Watson and Richard Harvey as non-executive directors to the FSCS board, taking-up their roles from 1 March. The pair has experience in...

The evolution of science has enabled the roll out of weight loss injections in a clinically safe way that should drive sustainable behaviour change, according to VitalityHealth commercial director Dr Katie Tryon....

Amber Musson-Thorp is leaving her position as group commercial director for Lifecare to take on a position as an independent consultant in the healthcare and insurance market – though she will also...

Medicash had today launched two new AI-driven health apps for corporate policyholders, HealthLens and Eargym. The new apps will be available to all existing policyholders on a company funded Medicash health plan...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned principals to check their professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover, after a review showed nearly 10% of firms sampled, needed to make changes to their policies...