PMI & Healthcare

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has appointed Shayne Halfpenny-Ray as head of policy and public affairs. Halfpenny-Ray (pictured) joins from Phoenix Group where he was social affairs manager from 14 November...

April International has launched a direct billing payment solution in the form of its Easy Claim Card. The card enables globally-mobile policyholders to pay medical expenses, wherever they might be, without incurring...

April Group has acquired Expat & Co, an independent provider of international private medical insurance (IPMI) for expatriates in Belgium. The move is the first in the company's declared strategy of growing...

Harley Street specialist clinic Orri has opened a treatment facility on Wimpole Street in Central London for patients seeking support for eating disorders. The clinic, founded by CEO Kerrie Jones (pictured), a...

A new mandatory healthcare initiative is set to be introduced in Bahrain later this quarter, but is unlikely to have any direct impact on the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market there.  Bahrain...

Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired the assets of Southfield, Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Meadowbrook Insurance Agency is a retail insurance broker offering a...

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data out this morning shows the difficulty many patients are facing contacting their GP with almost a third (32%) of those who tried to get in touch...

A turbulent year for UK healthcare has opened up a divide among the population where those who can afford to pay for treatment do so and those who cannot face longer waits...

Private medical insurance broker Howha PMI has joined the Association of Medical Insurers (AMII) as an intermediary member. Charlie Francis, managing director at Howha, set up the business after working at Bristol-based...

Spire Healthcare Group has acquired UK mental and physical health services provider Vita Health Group for £74m. Vita provides a range of NHS outpatient mental health talking therapies, musculoskeletal and dermatology services,...