PMI & Healthcare

International private medical insurance (IPMI) provider Healthcare International has been added to the Health Compass price and cover comparison platform. Intermediaries can use the Health Compass technology solution to compare both the...

Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) has engaged Perkbox as an independent third-party provider giving clients access to the reward platform. MMB clients will also gain preferential contractual terms with Perkbox and an integration...

Startup health insurer Peachy has completed a $1.6m funding round with backing from senior insurance industry executives including former CEOs of Bupa, Axa Global Health and the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). Backers...

Private medical practitioners and healthcare providers must have greater transparency around conflict of interest declarations and give more prominence to expectations around patient consent. The tighter guidelines are part of the Independent...

LV= has appointed former Bupa and Friends Life UK CEO David Hynam as its incoming chief executive, subject to regulatory approval. Hynam (pictured) has spent 30 years in financial services including the...

Government intends to deliver an "ambitious" deregulatory package later this autumn to "unleash the potential" of the UK financial services sector as part of its plan to drive growth across the UK...

Advisers are dubious over whether government commitments to improve access to GPs will prove successful amid soaring demand for virtual GP services from customers. The commitments feature in health and social care...

The government's reversal of its National Insurance Contributions (NICs) hike to fund the health and social care levy will hit the UK's coffers to the tune of more than £65bn over the...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has cancelled the planned increase in Corporation Tax set to take effect in April for the UK’s most profitable companies and will hold rates at the existing 19% level....

Health and Social Care Secretary Thérèse Coffey has committed to maximising use of the private health sector to expand NHS capacity as part of a package of measures in the government's latest...