PMI & Healthcare

Health Shield has revealed dental claims on its health cash plans have risen 18.2% on last year. It added the average value of these dental claims amounted to nearly £50 per treatment....

Howden Insurance Brokers has acquired the business and assets of Singapore-based specialist insurance agency Aegis Insurance Agencies for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2003, Aegis offers bespoke retail insurance solutions, specialising in...

Anyone who attended the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) annual general meeting last week could not fail to have been moved by the presentation by Mike McCarthy, the former Sky...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules requiring brokers to assess the value other intermediaries in the chain bring can apply equally to international partners as they do domestic ones. This is according to...

All of the challenges faced over a 40 year career as a journalist covering wars, floods and disasters could not prepare Mike McCarthy for 20 February 2021 - the day which changed...

  Starting 16 May and ending 16 June, National Smile Month aims to raise awareness of important oral health issues and champions the benefits of a healthy smile. It is particularly important...

Bupa has overhauled its skin cancer pathway with remote technology to help increase the number of patients coming forward and speed up diagnosis. The insurer is sending out high quality lenses to...

Two in five (40%) small business owners expect the emotional recovery from the pandemic will take much longer than the financial disruption it caused. However, those firms which invested in mental health...

Commissions for advisers on private medical insurance (PMI) sales are unlikely to be abolished by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) anytime soon but brokers need to be very clear with customers around...

The number of people waiting to start NHS treatment in England hit 6.4m after wait lists increased by 200,000 in a single month, according to official data. The latest data shows the...