PMI & Healthcare

Premier Choice Healthcare has acquired health insurance intermediary firms Independent Healthcare (UK) (IHUK) and Paul Ganjou and is looking for more firms to acquire. The deals see GRP-owned PCH buy the client...

The Association of Financial Mutuals' incoming chief executive has welcomed a Bill aimed at making demutualisation more difficult. The AFM announced Andrew Whyte (pictured) would be taking over as chief executive from...

Employee benefits consultancy Broadstone has appointed Brett Hill as head of health and protection. Hill (pictured) was most recently at Towergate where he led health and protection distribution and has more than...

Aviva is adding access to mental health support and a specialist symptom recording app to its cancer cover for large corporate private healthcare schemes. The Talking Through Cancer service and Careology app...

Axa Health is trialling a service which connects members with urgent care centres and offers them a 75% discounted rate to avoid attending accident and emergency departments. Members will be able to...

HM Treasury has backed a private members bill aimed at making it harder for co-operatives, mutuals and friendly societies to unpick their mutual status. According to the Treasury, the bill tabled by...

Simplyhealth has appointed Claudia Nicholls as chief customer officer. Nicholls (pictured) will join Simplyhealth on 28 November and report to CEO, professor Sneh Khemka. In this newly created role, Nicholls will be...

Mark Bromham, senior scheme owner for UK savings and retirement at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about his diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer, the benefit of group income protection and...

Demand for private medical insurance across the UAE is very strong reflecting the region’s economic rebound from Covid, according to insurers and advisers. However, regulation governing insurance providers is constantly evolving with...

The number of people in the UK suffering long Covid symptoms has remained stubbornly high with more than two million people continuing to be affected. Latest Office for National Statistics data shows...