PMI & Healthcare
Clients focus on mental health cover as cost falls and services expand, but expats suffer most – analysis
The pandemic has focused minds on mental health like never before with advisers and insurers finding clients more attuned to its importance. The subject is now one that employers, employees and individuals...
Read moreSpire completes £89m sale and leaseback of Cheshire hospital
Spire Healthcare has sold its Cheshire hospital for £89m as part of a sale and leaseback agreement that will see it continue to operate the facility. The healthcare provider also announced that...
Read moreVulnerable customer guidance will cost £1.15bn in first year – FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes it will cost more than £1.15bn for the industry to implement its vulnerable consumer guidance over the first year, with almost £450m in costs recurring every...
Read morePieterse to lead L&G’s health and care division after Roberts’ exit
Wian Pieterse is to take charge of Legal & General's health and care division following the departure of Dr Samantha Roberts. The insurer told Health & Protection its health and care division...
Read moreVoûte to step down as non-exec director at Bupa
Janet Voûte is stepping down as non-executive director of Bupa at the end of the year. Voûte (pictured) is set to retire upon completion of her second three-year term on the board....
Read moreConsumer Duty £2bn cost is biggest compliance bill since RDR – AMI’s Sinclair
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) incoming Consumer Duty rules are expected to land the industry with its largest compliance bill since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was applied, according to Association of...
Read moreMSS appoints Healix to provide staff healthcare scheme
Mortgage, insurance and surveying services network MSS has appointed healthcare trust provider Healix to operate its healthcare scheme for employees. The bespoke healthcare trust plan will provide members with access to private...
Read moreGallagher buys California employee benefits consultancy
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired California-based Bradawn Insurance Services. Founded in 1983, Bradawn Insurance Services offers health and welfare consulting services to large multi-state public, privately-held, non profit and for-profit...
Read moreYoung adults’ financial wellbeing threatened by pandemic – Hargreaves Lansdown
The long term financial wellbeing of young people is under threat if they continue to bear the brunt of redundancies caused by the pandemic, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. The investment firm was...
Read moreCQC rates Nuffield hospital as outstanding
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Nuffield Health's Chichester hospital as outstanding. It joins Nuffield's Cambridge, Leeds and Tees hospitals in being awarded outstanding ratings by the CQC. The inspectors found...
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