PMI & Healthcare

Cygnet Health Care was fined £1,530,000 today after pleading guilty in a criminal prosecution brought by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), over the death of a young woman using one of their...

Cigna Healthcare Hong Kong has appointed Stephen Wong as chief distribution officer.  Wong was previously the general manager for Now Health International in Hong Kong and also for China.  Prior to that...

Mercer officially opened its Macau office this week, which started business earlier in the year.  The office in the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR )is in addition to the company’s offices in...

Insurers have reported a 13% rise in their private medical insurance (PMI) membership totals as the market continues to boom. The figures are included in Health & Protection’s latest Individual Private Medical...

Engage Health Group has appointed Penny Pemberton as head of international benefits. In her new role Pemberton (pictured) is charged with leading and growing the international benefits business, managing the team of...

Healthcare cash plans recorded a 74% increase in claim frequency in the first half of 2022 when compared to the second half of 2021, according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) value measures...

Verlingue has appointed James Hall and Sam Foster as client directors at its Birmingham office. The broker said the hires form part of its strategy to expand across the Midlands and Southwest...

WPA has launched a new private medical insurance (PMI) plan for individual and retail customers which includes options for a no claims discount (NCD) and excess payments. The new Complete Health plan...

Manulife Hong Kong has announced a partnership with Heal Medical, a Hong Kong-based multi-specialty medical centre, to provide Manulife’s customers with access to their medical services.   The move is a part...

Towergate Health & Protection has appointed Richard Jackson as head of consulting.  He joins from Gallagher, where he was director of people experience consulting.  Jackson (pictured) will lead the employee benefits consulting team...