PMI & Healthcare

Arthur J. Gallagher has acquired Montreal-based compensation consulting firm PCI-Perrault Consulting for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2001, PCI specialises in total compensation and governance for organisations throughout Canada. The firm advises...

Bupa has launched a list of consultants for all its UK private medical insurance (PMI) products that will not charge patients additional fees. The insurer said around half of the 22,000 consultants...

Protection insurance planning could come under greater scrutiny from customers as a result of chancellor Rishi Sunak's failure to properly address the country's cost of living crisis, advisers have warned. They also...

The chancellor should have used his Spring Statement address to incentivise private medical insurance to tackle record NHS wait times, according to David Middleton, chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has come under fire for drawing a link between money raised through National Insurance Contributions to fund the health and social care levy and expenditure on the NHS. The...

Britons will suffer their biggest fall in living standards on record during the next 12 months, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has predicted. And the agency warned that living standards may...

The National Insurance Contribution (NIC) lower threshold will be increased by £3,000 in July to bring it into line with the Income Tax personal allowance lower limit. However, the move has been...

UK inflation hit a 30-year high of 6.2% in February as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), up from 5.5% in the previous month. Insurers have warned that the duration of...

Advisers believe that research indicating women put more emphasis on building relationships with clients' families only underlines the importance of ensuring gender balance within the profession. Health & Protection spoke to a...

Four in 10 insurance businesses across the global have reassessed their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals due to social trends such as the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements. This is...