PMI & Healthcare

Professional indemnity insurance (PII) costs saw dramatic swings for insurance intermediaries in 2020. According to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the largest advice firms earning more than £10m per year...

Insurance intermediaries saw their revenue rise 1.8% last year to reach £17.6bn – up from £17.29bn in 2019. The £313m increase was mostly driven by a £235m rise in insurance-related income, but...

Healthcare trust provider Healix has announced a series of senior level promotions. Daniel Poole has been promoted to implementation manager, having worked at Healix for more than 10 years across its sales,...

More people prioritise mental wellbeing than physical health, according to Legal & General Group Protection's Wellbeing at Work Barometer. The SME-based research found mental health was a top wellbeing priority for 61%...

The CEO of a South Yorkshire hospice has issued an apology after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) placed the service in special measures after it found a number of "significant" issues that...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put forward a proposal requiring firms to provide statements detailing whether they have hit diversity targets, and where targets have been missed to explain why. The...

Zurich head of market engagement Peter Hamilton has been appointed as disability and access ambassador for the insurance sector. Hamilton is taking over from Johnny Timpson who finished his three-year stint as...

A Darlington-based mental health hospital has been rated good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and is to exit special measures. The Priory Hospital Middleton St George (pictured) in Darlington had been...

One in 10 Britons have taken out private medical insurance (PMI) due to increased NHS waiting times even more acute in Northern Ireland where 21% reported taking out PMI. LifeSearch's latest Health...

Health & Protection spoke to Damian Lenihan (pictured), executive director – Europe at Aetna International, about the global insurer’s experience of the crisis, its plans now and how it sees itself working...