PMI & Healthcare

Two in 10 people are having to fund private treatment through a credit card or personal loan. The Exeter’s Consumer Health and Finance Tracker, which surveyed 2,000 UK consumers, also found a...

Health and protection insurance intermediaries will no longer have to disclose to customers where they use only exclusive single-tie arrangements or a panel of insurers when selling products to retail customers. Proposals...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed removing non-UK business from the scope of Consumer Duty. The regulator is proposing to simplify the rules that apply when insurance is sold and will...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has launched its academy which is designed to improve training and regulatory compliance in the private medical insurance (PMI) industry. The e-learning platform is...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has promoted Amy Wilson to the newly created role of propositions director. Wilson (pictured, centre) has been at the firm for 11 years and is stepping...

Global healthcare and private health insurance markets are entering a period of significant strain and transformation. Health needs are evolving, populations are ageing, chronic disease is rising faster than health systems can respond,...

Price comparison websites can charge insurers and intermediaries multiple times for hosting their products and even do so without completing a sale, according to the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA). The trade...

Price comparison websites dominate the consumer insurance market but artificial intelligence (AI) services are becoming increasingly influential, according to the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA). The trade body also noted how this...

The Exeter reported a loss of £4.26m for 2025, an improvement on the £8.51m deficit it posted in 2024, as claims and adviser commission rose across its health and protection products. However,...

Spire Healthcare has for a second time extended the deadline for Toscafund Asset Management to make a formal offer for the private hospital operator. Toscafund now has until July 9 to make...