PMI & Healthcare

Medicash is eyeing expansion of its services and generating new income streams following the £12m purchase of its current home. The cash plan provider has been leasing the third floor of the...

Principal firms have tightened up control of their appointed representatives (AR) as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) focus on the area. The regulator’s practitioner panel research found the majority...

Women are finding the workplace is adversely affecting their mental health more than men, according to research from Nuffield Health. The provider's Healthier Nation Index which surveyed 8,000 UK adults found 48%...

Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt has conceded that maintaining a healthy workforce is "crucial" to ensuring and maximising productivity growth and acknowledged the soarding numbers of people out of work due...

One in five firms believe the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has not been effective in engaging with firms as they plan for and embed the new flagship Consumer Duty. More than one...

A national health at work standard should be established for all employers providing a baseline for quality occupational health provision in their organisations. The proposal forms a central plank of a government...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) improved its service levels performance last year but is still lagging behind targets for dealing with firm authorisations and approved persons. The regulator said it achieved or...

After almost three years as CEO of Axa UK Retail Insurance, Tara Foley is set to become chief executive officer (CEO) of Axa UK and Ireland.  Foley succeeds Claudio Gienal who has...

The government is asking whether there is a case for tax relief to be introduced for private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace, despite not seeing the case for the tax...

NHS consultant pay has fallen behind the likes of lawyers, architects and financial advisers over the last 14 years, with pay hikes for these professions growing at six times the rate of...