PMI & Healthcare

Complaints about private medical and dental cover, and income protection insurance (IP) rose sharply in the last financial year, according to data from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The service received 1,476...

Wellbeing services provider Health Shield has added a series of risk assessment questionnaires to its recently launched occupational health (OH) platform. The three new questionnaires include the following: Working from home -...

Insurers should communicate the benefits of health cover more effectively to companies and individuals alike, access better data on the societal benefits of health and protection insurance and improve product innovation to...

Spire Healthcare has agreed a £1bn bid from Ramsay Health Care to acquire the business and create a combined operator of more than 80 private hospitals and clinics across the UK. Ramsay...

The chief executive of Cigna Europe has praised healthcare professionals for their work in improving public perceptions around Covid vaccines. The comments follow new research from the health insurer which shows adults...

Vitality has called for health and wellbeing requirements to be prioritised at board level as new research indicates increased homeworking is leading to an 'ergonomic timebomb' risking increased back and shoulder injuries...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated a London-based private nursing services provider as inadequate and placed it in special measures. The regulator revealed that following an inspection in March Harley Street...

Simplyhealth has launched an app which enables customers to claim money back on their plan more easily. Customers can claim through the SimplyPlan app by uploading an image of an itemised receipt...

A fraudster tried to eat incriminating evidence when he was caught out by police in a £22,000 medical insurance scam. Cormac McCollum from Stratford in London was sentenced at Inner London crown...

Employees have risked deteriorating eyesight by failing to maintain check ups with their optician during the pandemic. The warning comes from Health Shield, which revealed eyecare claims on its health cash plans,...