PMI & Healthcare

Official data shows 380,000 people have been suffering symptoms associated with long Covid for a least a year. The latest Office for Nationals Statistics data covering the period to 4 July 2021...

Ministers have revealed that urgent cancer referrals within the NHS are significantly outstripping the levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic hit as the backlog of patients start coming forward. According to NHS...

US healthcare provider Paradigm has appointed Elizabeth Bierbower to its board of directors. Bierbower (pictured) was a board member of Clara Insurance and member of Humana's executive management team where she led...

International insurance adviser Howden has launched into Italy with the acqusition of Italian broker Andrea Scagliarini. Howden Italy's launch comes weeks after the appointments of Luigi Sturani and Enrico Nanni as CEO...

Bupa has provisionally allocated an additional £40m rebate to UK policyholders from increased profits generated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The insurer announced the move in its interim results for...

Goldman Sachs-owned independent chartered insurance broker Aston Lark has acquired commercial and personal insurance broker Plester Group. Kidderminster-based broker Plester Group was formed in 1964 and employs a team of 19, who...

Business outsourcing provider Everise is hiring 1,200 licensed health insurance agent roles to support three client healthcare insurers in the US. The firm revealed it is recruiting across 35 US states, with...

The government’s NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme has paid out more than £31m to the families of more than 500 Covid-19 victims who worked in the healthcare sector. So...

Private medical insurance (PMI) pricing is “really strange” at present with insurers chasing good risks but also wary of an impending claims deluge, according to advice firm Howden Employee Benefits. The intermediary...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that ear syringing to remove ear wax is no longer advised as a treatment through the NHS in England. The confirmation comes...