PMI & Healthcare

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is writing to 20 of the largest financial advice firms requesting information about their delivery of ongoing services, for which their clients continue to be charged after...

Professional services consultancy Barnett Waddingham is one of the latest financial firms to sign up to the Women in Finance Charter.  A group of 19 new charter signatories were announced by the Treasury...

Routine medical screens are an essential part of maintaining optimal health year after year rather than, as many people do, only heading to the local GP after a problem arises. While the...

The UK Health & Protection Awards 2024 has launched and is now open for adviser entries, including a new category for networks and distributor services. Health & Protection would also like to...

Insurers deserve credit for creating a product consumers truly value meaning retention rates for private medical insurance (PMI) have held up in spite of cost of living challenges, according to UsayCompare director...

Almost two thirds of patients (60%) would be prepared to pay for tests they need. This is according to the Patients Association's Patient Experience of Diagnostics Report which surveyed 1,177 patients and...

A Northern Ireland-based adviser has laid down the gauntlet to insurance leaders to tackle the "massive" problem emerging from oversaturation of the private healthcare market and lack of hospital capacity across the...

Aviva UK Health managing director Steve Bridger has admitted call waiting times at the insurer remain less than perfect, but noted it had improved and pledged advisers and customers would see near...

The largest amount Dentists’ Provident paid out to an individual claimant in the past year was £87,800. This is according to the provider's claims report for 2023 which showed 99% of new...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has rejected calls from smaller financial firms for it to intervene in the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market. The regulator dismissed pleas from two of its engagement...