PMI & Healthcare

More than a third of working age people are suffering prolonged physical or mental health issues and the number with many issues has soared in the last four years. Musculoskeletal (MSK) and...

There was a slight increase in protection and health insurance coverage in the two-year period since the pandemic first, hit fuelled by growing appetite for health cash plans and income protection. However...

People’s experiences of A&E care in England are worse than in previous years, with waiting times escalating to extreme levels, according to a survey by hospital regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).  A...

HCML has acquired specialist brain injury case management and expert witness provider CA Case Management Limited (CACM). The corporate health, wellbeing and rehabilitation services provider said the acquisition will allow it to...

The health insurance sector is being urged to participate in HM Treasury’s workplace health consultation but “has a job on its hands” to convince the department that tax incentives are worthwhile. However,...

A total of 9.1 million people in England are projected to be living with major illness by 2040, according to a report published today by the Health Foundation.  That represents an increase...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published a guide to better inform small and medium sized (SME) brokers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The launch follows research carried out by...

Industry bodies from across the health and protection sector are planning to respond to government's call to make the case for tax relief on private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace....

Phoenix Hospital Group is the latest private healthcare provider to be hit with enforcement action by regulators over its failure to provide key performance and patient outcome data. The hospital group has...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is further cracking down on doctors, hospitals and other private healthcare providers which are not supplying key data on their performance and patient outcomes. In its...