PMI & Healthcare

Aston Lark has acquired UKGlobal Broking Group for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is Aston Lark's first since officially becoming part of the Howden Broking Group last month and 50th overall. Howden...

The number of health and private medical insurance (PMI) complaints soared by almost a third last year, according to data from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Complaints about life and critical illness...

WPA will expand its LifeStage Health to include specialist care for men by July and will roll the product suite out to SMEs by the end of the year. The product provides...

The deadline for advisers to enter the UK Health & Protection Awards 2022 is just over a week away on May 6. The awards website www.healthandprotectionawards.com includes all the categories and criteria...

Aviva has published a cancer care guide and is adding discounts through its wellbeing service aimed at supporting cancer patients through their private medical insurance (PMI) schemes. The guide has been produced...

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is appointing Alan Vallance as its new CEO from 30 August. Vallance is currently CEO of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and will succeed interim...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has worked to ensure that pharmaceutical company Aspen’s commitments to cut prices for life-saving cancer medicines can be enforced in the UK following Brexit. The European...

The Health Compass international private medical insurance (IPMI) product sourcing system has launched. The platform caters for brokers with individual clients requiring IPMI cover. It provides intermediaries fully licensed access to the...

The pandemic changed the way health services are delivered - perhaps forever. Insurers have noted increased demand for digital and virtual GP services and have responded in kind by designing or evolving...

More insured patients were treated by private hospitals during the first quarter of 2022 than compared with the same period before the pandemic, according to new billing activity data from Healthcode. The...