PMI & Healthcare

The health insurance sector is being urged to participate in HM Treasury’s workplace health consultation but “has a job on its hands” to convince the department that tax incentives are worthwhile. However,...

A total of 9.1 million people in England are projected to be living with major illness by 2040, according to a report published today by the Health Foundation.  That represents an increase...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published a guide to better inform small and medium sized (SME) brokers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The launch follows research carried out by...

Industry bodies from across the health and protection sector are planning to respond to government's call to make the case for tax relief on private medical insurance (PMI) provided though the workplace....

Phoenix Hospital Group is the latest private healthcare provider to be hit with enforcement action by regulators over its failure to provide key performance and patient outcome data. The hospital group has...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is further cracking down on doctors, hospitals and other private healthcare providers which are not supplying key data on their performance and patient outcomes. In its...

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...