PMI & Healthcare

  This year’s World Cancer Day theme is about closing the cancer care gap. But what does that mean? The cancer care gap is a term used to describe any inequities in...

A call for evidence to underpin a decade-long cancer plan for the NHS is being launched. The move comes just three years after the NHS Long Term Plan was published which contains...

Mental health and wellbeing provider LifeWorks has acquired Breaking Free, a UK-based provider of behavioural health solutions for substance use intervention. LifeWorks said it expects the purchase will accelerate growth by adding...

Punter Southall Aspire has appointed David Taylor as managing principal to spearhead its health and protection practice. Taylor (pictured) joins from consultant firm Connor Broadley where he was benefits consulting director for...

The Worldwide Broker Network has appointed Enrique Acevedo to it's board of directors, effective immediately. Acevedo is the CEO of Correcol, a Colombian insurance broker, which employs more than 250 staff with...

Advisers are practicing what they preach when it comes to mental health this Time to Talk Day. Today is Time to Talk Day - a day dedicated to driving mental health conversations...

Insurers are likely to be failing to meet legal duties set out in the Equality Act 2010 when engaging with people with mental health concerns, according to research by the Money and...

The 2022 edition of The PMI Handbook has been published for brokers seeking information on the array of PMI plans available in the UK market. It is the book’s 30th year in...

HCB Group has appointed Loraine Van Eeden as a non-executive director to its UK board. Van Eeden, who previously worked as global head of claims for Swiss Re and more recently for...

Cigna Europe has made two key hires as it expands its adviser-facing sales team. Simon Parker has joined from Bupa Global to lead Cigna's large corporate sales team for UK domestic and...