PMI & Healthcare

Aviva is extending its menopause support services to individual and SME private medical insurance (PMI) customers from today. It will now be available to more than 675,000 additional customers and their family...

Marsh has promoted Nick McMenemy to Mercer Marsh Benefits UK leader, subject to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval.  Based in London and reporting to Phil Parkinson, Mercer UK’s president and CEO, McMenemy...

Private medical insurance (PMI) claim volumes rose nearly 7%, year-on-year, in the first quarter of the year, according to Healthcode. The clearing organisation processed and validated 3.1 million invoices during the quarter....

Spire Healthcare has launched a genetic test produced by Genomics to predict an individual's genetic risk of developing four common diseases - including two cancers - before symptoms appear. Health Insights, offered...

Spending less time with the boss could be key to increasing workplace happiness. This is according to Reward Gateway/Edenred and London School of Economics’ The Happiness Dividend report, published last week, which...

Private hospital groups and clinics increasingly see direct to employer schemes as their biggest opportunity for growth over the next five years. Research from the Independent Healthcare Providers Network’s (IHPN) showed a...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has added JLP Health as an intermediary member. The specialist adviser in private medical insurance and health protection solutions is part of JLP Financial,...

Howden has appointed Rob Brown (pictured) as head of employee benefits, Howden Markets. Brown’s remit will be to lead the development of a clear, scalable market proposition, bringing greater consistency and negotiation...

The Treasury collected a record £9bn of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts in the last financial year, according to HM Revenue and Customs. Furthermore, Inheritance Tax income also hit a fresh high...

Healthcare provider Benenden Health has reported a £25.1m operational surplus last year, which it intends to use to deliver new products for its more than 870,000 members. The not-for-profit continued to invest...