PMI & Healthcare

Private healthcare providers in England will need to start firing or reassigning unvaccinated workers from early next month. A guidance document released by the NHS England late last week revealed that the...

Independent charitable hospital King Edward VII's has opened a facility offering diagnostic services and outpatient care. The Kantor Medical Centre (KMC) situated opposite the main hospital on Beaumont Street is housed across...

The private hospital sector is earning a minimum of between £75m and £90m a month as a result of the deal struck with the NHS in England just to be on standby...

Openwork is launching a private medical insurance (PMI) referral service with independent broker Usay Compare. The deal sees Usay Compare support advisers across The Openwork Partnership network to help and protect more...

Indian workplace health insurance and benefits provider Plum has appointed five senior leaders. Vinod Chandramouli is taking the position of vice president – sales, having previously led the ASEAN business at Freshworks...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Jonathan Clark as interim CEO, with immediate effect. Clark is former president of the CII and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, and was CII...

The number of people awaiting treatment on hospital waiting lists in England has reached just under six million, according to NHS data. The figures for the end of November before the full...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is developing new guidance around how employee health data should be collected and used in light of the pandemic. In particular, the guidance will highlight that "health...

Aviva chief financial officer Jason Windsor has resigned to join Persimmon as its CFO. Aviva said its search for a new CFO is underway and will issue a further update when appropriate....

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is projecting a 21% decrease in the costs of monitoring  insurance intermediaries in its latest budget update. The FSCS revealed it expects the cost of monitoring...