PMI & Healthcare
Advisers urged to make voices heard on ‘unfair’ FSCS funding
Advisers have been urged to make their voices heard about a perceived unfairness on how the Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) funding model works. Last week, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced...
Read moreSpire shareholders block £1.4bn Ramsay takeover
Spire Healthcare shareholders have blocked the proposed takeover of the private healthcare provider by Ramsay Health Care. In late May the boards of both firms revealed they had reached agreement on Ramsay...
Read moreHCML launches digital rehabilitation pathway
Rehabilitation and case management provider HCML has launched a digital rehabilitation pathway that brings online referral, triage, booking and treatment to the personal injury market. The platform, which digitises the entire rehabilitation...
Read moreCQC stops diagnostics firm’s procedures and orders urgent improvements
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Mediscan Diagnostic Services Limited to stop some of its procedures and make urgent improvements to the quality of its diagnostic and screening core service. The...
Read moreGovernment pledges to monitor long Covid NHS case data
The government has revealed it will be monitoring and publishing data on the number of long Covid cases presenting to the NHS including waiting times and treatment pathways. The full impact of...
Read moreHealth Shield CEO Marsh steps down
Courtney Marsh is stepping down as CEO of Health Shield after more than a decade at the cash plan provider. The firm released a statement today revealing Marsh is leaving the Health...
Read moreYoung people accessing mental health benefits double – Aviva
Aviva has seen a 100% increase in the number of young employees and dependents covered by group private medical insurance (PMI) seeking help through its mental health pathway since the start of...
Read moreSyrona Health appoints ex-Willis EB CEO as non-executive director
Syrona Health has appointed Tony Powis as non-executive director. Powis joined the digital health platform for gynaecological health conditions having held a range of senior leadership positions across employee benefits and financial...
Read morePMI sales double as younger consumers enter market – ActiveQuote
Private healthcare policy sales have doubled in the last year, according data from health insurance adviser ActiveQuote. The data reveals that the number of private medical insurance (PMI) policies sold by ActiveQuote...
Read moreFCA will be more assertive and ‘test our powers to the limit’
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CEO Nikhil Rathi has committed to building a more assertive FCA which test its powers to the limit. Speaking about the regulator’s ongoing approach, Rathi said he would...
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