PMI & Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare Global is entering the German market through the launch of BeHealthy Deutschland expatriate insurance plans. The launch follows the international health insurer's entry into the European market in the UK in...

Syrona Health has appointed Tina Jennings, a former managing director of Towergate Health and Protection, as chief commercial officer. Jennings (pictured) is the current general secretary of the Association of Medical Insurers...

One in five people have turned to private healthcare because they cannot access the treatment they urgently need on the NHS, according to research from charity Engage Britain. The survey of 4,000...

Spire Healthcare has seen a boom in self-pay patients during the first half of 2021, but private medical insurance (PMI) treatment growth is expected to remain sluggish. The hospital network added that...

Advice firms Aceso Health & Group Risk and Mattioli Woods have joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as new members. The pair joined in the last month and follow...

Health solutions provider Simplyhealth has appointed Duane Lawrence and Martin Stead as non-executive directors. Lawrence, a health tech leader with a 30 plus career across both large and small organisations worldwide, started...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has suspended Mediscan Diagnostic Services Limited after receiving information of concern about the safety and quality of its services. The CQC carried out an unannounced focused inspection...

New powers that would enable the FCA to move faster to remove regulatory permissions no longer used by financial services firms should serve as a reminder to advisers to ensure their regulatory...

Cygnet Hospital Colchester is to exit special measures and has been rated as good following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The independent mental health hospital which provides care and treatment...

Medical Screening Solutions, a provider of medical evidence collection services, has stressed that is unaffected by the current shortage of blood test tubes. Late last month, the British Medical Association warned doctors...