PMI & Healthcare

EMed Healthcare UK has acquired Babylon Healthcare Services and certain assets belonging to Babylon Group Holdings and Babylon Partners. EMed Healthcare UK will continue to provide Babylon’s digital-first 24/7 primary care and...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)has reported a surge in complaints across the health and protection insurance sectors over the first six months of the financial year. Most notably, the FCA received 8,527...

Sheun Oke has launched Emergenzz - a protection and private medical insurance advice firm set on tackling the "gross" underrepresentation of Black advisers. Speaking to Health & Protection, Oke (pictured) revealed her new...

Private health sector activity is 121% up on pre-pandemic levels while the practice of tiering - which sees independent sector provide support to NHS trusts - is "here to stay". This is...

Vitality has announced that it will launch automated underwriting for personal health insurance policies later this year, with some other new services in the works. It has already launched, as of October...

Almost all countries in the Middle East will see medical plan costs increase next year at a rate lower than the global average, with Jordan the lowest of all, according to statistics...

Broadway Insurance Brokers has appointed Emma Wood as director of healthcare. Wood (pictured) joins from Reich Insurance Group where she was deputy head of department and before that healthcare account handler. Prior...

While the vast majority of employers think they would do well in supporting employees going through menopause, a very small minority of staff actually turn to their employer for such support. This...

Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) is buying advice firm Healthcover as it targets a greater presence and opportunity in the international private medical insurance (PMI) market. PCH said it has completed the acquisition...

Medical plan costs around the globe are set to increase at a faster rate in 2024 than 2023, with the UK set to have one of the highest rates of increase in...