PMI & Healthcare
Best Health Insurance Adviser profile Paul Bridges: ‘Advisers have a role in supporting businesses and doing the best for employees’
Continuing our series of profiles with Health & Protection Awards 2022 winners, Towergate Health & Protection principal health and wellbeing consultant Paul Bridges explains how employers are taking a wider look at...
Read moreABI warns social care reforms will hit insured people
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is calling for payments from insurance products including lifetime health and social care cover to be excluded from local authority financial assessments under government's plan for...
Read moreLinking reward outcomes could support ESG strategy delivery – FCA
Effective credible environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies implemented by financial services firms could potentially be linked to remuneration, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has highlighted. It also expects firms to account...
Read moreHealth secretary Barclay ignoring demand for month overdue NHS pay review evidence
Health secretary Steve Barclay is yet to file evidence to the pay review body for NHS doctors and dentists despite the organisation warning him about being late 10 days ago and highlighting...
Read morePMI take-up doubles in a year as more than one in five pay for cover
The share of UK adults using private medical insurance (PMI) has nearly doubled in the past year as waits for NHS treatment remain at record levels. Almost one in four adults are...
Read moreTaurog: Vitality eyeing top three IP spot and further life and PMI integration
Vitality is aiming to be a top three player in the income protection (IP) market following the relaunch of its protection offering, VitalityLife managing director Justin Taurog told Health & Protection. Taurog...
Read moreNHS waiting list remains at 7.2m as IFS warns about year of stagnation
The number of patients waiting for treatment through NHS England remained at 7.2 million at the end of December, according to latest data. The figure was published a day after the Institute...
Read moreFCA warns firms not to engage in ‘sludge’ practices obstructing complaints
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned firms not to engage in so called "sludge" practices such as discouraging customers from taking actions such as switching provider or in designing overly long-winded...
Read moreMattioli Woods sees rising employee benefits revenue help push profits up 76%
Mattioli Woods has seen revenues from its employee benefits business grow 16% year-on-year, helping to boost profits by 76% in the first half of the year. According to interim results for the...
Read moreSimplyhealth appoints Tina Kennedy as consumer product director
Simplyhealth is appointing Tina Kennedy to the newly created role of product director of its consumer businesses. Kennedy (pictured) will have full accountability for the profit and loss of the consumer business...
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