PMI & Healthcare

Life and health insurers should develop products to cover under-represented groups, promote “fair and inclusive underwriting” and offer mental health services as an essential benefit, according to a dedicated United Nations (UN)...

Saga has appointed Bupa to provide its private medical insurance (PMI) products, replacing its existing partnership with Axa Health.  Under the new partnership Bupa will provide Saga’s four health plans from 1...

Equipsme founder and managing director Matthew Reed has visited Downing Street three times meeting prime ministerial advisers to campaign for the removal of P11D tax on employee health benefits. In an exclusive...

SME employers in Hong Kong have gradually reduced the emphasis they place on employees’ health and wellbeing, according to research from QBE.  The percentage of SME employers who identified employee health, safety...

SimplyBiz has added additional support for advisers as just six weeks remain until the implementation of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) new Consumer Duty. The firm said it has added a series...

Fewer people being able to attend cancer screening appointments contributed to a fall in healthy lives across England during the second year of the pandemic. Latest data from the Office for National...

Professional services consultancy Barnett Waddingham has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a member. The association now has more than 135 members. Kevin O'Neill, associate at Barnett Waddingham,...

Medicash has appointed Charles Oddy to its board, subject to regulatory approval. Oddy (pictured) has also been appointed non-executive director of the health cash plan's subsidiary Health@Work. An actuary, investment and risk...

A new approach is needed to help employers and individuals take actions to reduce NHS backlogs, increase workforce participation and improve the health and wellbeing of the nation, according to the Association...

Vitality has seen significant success in supporting members in their efforts to not just lose weight but to reverse their Type 2 diabetes.  Some 10% of the people with diabetes in a...