PMI & Healthcare

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) recovered more than £54m from the estates of failed financial services providers in the 2023/24 financial year. The FSCS revealed around £2m of the funds secured...

Almost one in 10 (9%) Australians required health insurance in the past three years and were forced to shell out an average of AUS$225 (£118) as a result of not having it,...

PIB Employee Benefits has acquired benefits technology company YouatWork.  PIB said the deal forms part of its growth strategy, particularly in the area of developing and "delivering innovative benefits solutions" and its...

Dan Holmes has started a new position as a consultant for expatriate benefit solutions at WTW.  Holmes started his new role this month, and was previously a senior business development manager at...

The British Medical Association's (BMA) consultants committee has accepted the government's offer on pay for consultants in England.   The offer includes reform to the pay review body, the Review Body on...

New Zealand based Southern Cross Health Insurance has announced the appointment of Andrea Brunner as chief operating officer (COO).  Brunner, a qualified lawyer, has a track record of more than 20 years...

Bupa Global has appointed Liam Fenton as head of global partnerships, as he rejoins the organisation after leaving it a decade ago. Fenton joins from LaingBuisson where he was director of commercial....

FOS Expects 16% More Complaints, Pledges Faster Service and Cost Cuts The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has revealed it expects to receive 16% more complaints than previously thought this financial year and...

Spire Healthcare Group has sold its leasehold hospital Spire Tunbridge Wells to the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust for £9.975m. The transaction which includes the sale of the business and assets...

Dissatisfied employees are three times more likely to experience depression and over three times more likely to have suffered burnout, according to the results of a Vitality survey.  And unhappy workers lost...