PMI & Healthcare

In our second quarterly review, we look back at Q2 2024 in which Health & Protection held its first Protection Forum, two leading health insurer CEOs announced departures, our IPMI Summit returned...

Health & Protection would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating with family and friends over...

It's fair to say that 2024 will be looked back on as a momentous year across the health and protection markets in the UK and internationally. It was a year in which...

A key concern for many advisers over the last 18 months has been the speed and quality of adviser and customer service offered by several insurers.   High on that list last...

As the world grows increasingly concerned about climate change and the effect it has on the planet, the health insurance industry in the UK has to consider its position on various planes. ...

The Labour government is proposing a major overhaul of how general practice doctors operate and the targets they are measured against along with introducing an additional £889m funding. Incentives are being offered...

Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts reached £6.65bn for the first eight months of 2024-25, taking it ahead of receipts from Tobacco Tax for the year so far. If that trend continues it...

Millions of Africans are falling deeper into poverty due to high health costs, according to The World Health Organization (WHO), which has urged countries across the continent to reduce the financial strains...

Advisers predict increasing demand for private medical insurance (PMI), income protection (IP) and life insurance in 2025, according to a survey by The Exeter.  Income protection saw the most positive sentiment with...

Medicash has appointed Andrew Healy as CEO, who will succeed Sue Weir upon her retirement in March 2025 after 21 years at the company. Healy (pictured) has held CEO roles in a...