PMI & Healthcare

Helen Whately has returned to the Department for Health and Social Care as a health minister. Whately (pictured) was appointed minister for care just before the pandemic in February 2020 and left...

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns and behavioural changes, individuals are presenting with new health challenges. Nuffield Health’s 2022 Healthier Nation Index reveals some of the key...

Hybrid working, anonymised CVs and an increased focus on social mobility are just some of the ways the health and protection sector is making inroads to creating a more diverse financial services...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has threatened to take enforcement action on private hospitals and doctors not supplying data about the quality of care they are providing. The warning was issued...

Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) is soaring among individuals and businesses but customers want more than just their cover, according to Tina Jennings, general secretary of the Association of Medical Insurers...

Steve Barclay (pictured) is once again health and social care secretary, succeeding Thérèse Coffey who held the role for little more than a month under the disaterous leadership of Liz Truss. Mel...

LV= Financial Services has revealed it has not been contacted by Amazon to partner with it on a protection insurance solution for its newly launched Insurance Store. Allianz-owned LV General Insurance is...

Technology firms are most likely to enter the insurance sector as competition for intermediaries but their mining of vast amounts of customer data could limit access for certain customer groups, the Financial...

Dr Jochem Caris, associate medical director at Aviva, speaks to Health & Protection about catching Covid at the start of the pandemic, successfully combining medical and business skills and participating at the...

Protection and health insurance advisers have raised hopes Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister will reassure markets and in turn have a positive impact on their sectors. Sunak was appointed PM earlier...