PMI & Healthcare

UAE-based broker Policybazaar has launched an add-on enabling customers to freeze their health insurance premium at the rate they sign up at and keep it there for up to five years.  Available...

Any private medical insurer who made it clear that they would cover weight-loss treatment to cut the risk of complications ahead of surgery would “clean up,” according to Rhys Schofield,  protection adviser...

Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) ability to ‘industrialise’ the complaints process as well as poor service levels from insurers and advisers alike are some of the key reasons behind increasing health and protection grievances....

Private medical insurance (PMI) funded hospital admissions hit another record high in 2025 after bouncing back in the final quarter of the year. There were 670,000 insurance-funded hospital admissions last year, up...

Soaring numbers of high value claims which have more than trebled in frequency since the pandemic and a doubling of mental health support use are among the key causes of steeply rising...

Three quarters of workers have reduced spending on routine healthcare including appointments with the optician, dentist or physiotherapist, according to a report from Health Shield. Half (48%) of the 2,000 employees surveyed...

Zest has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as a corporate member. Zest is an employee benefits technology company with more than 500 customers, including Hargreaves Lansdown, Taylor Wimpey...

The number of regulated claims management firms has almost halved in the past seven years, financial consultancy Broadstone has discovered. Since the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) started regulating the sector in April...

Bupa has appointed Tony Johnson as a non-executive director and a member of its audit, remuneration, and nomination and governance committees with effect from 1 June.  Johnson is currently chairman of the...

Just 5% of employees would speak to their line manager about their mental health, according to a poll from Vitality. The survey of 2,000 UK adults also found 41% of workers had...