PMI & Healthcare

Aviva has paid more than £1bn to its individual protection customers in a year in which the pandemic had a mixed impact on new mental health income protection claims. The insurer revealed...

Employers need to reassess their benefits provision to successfully tackle long Covid, Towergate has warned. The health and wellbeing intermediary warns long Covid could have a big impact for employers for many...

Stephen Hough has joined GRP-owned Premier Choice Healthcare (PCH) as managing director. Hough's appointment follows on from Premier Choice's acquisition by GRP Group last year. Hough, whose most recent role was as...

Medibank has appointed David Koczkar as chief executive officer. Currently the Australian private medical insurer's chief customer officer, Koczkar assumes his new role from 17 May 2021. He succeeds Craig Drummond, who...

Insurer Zurich has launched Virtual GP and second medical opinion services 'ZGP24' to support its group risk customers. ZGP24, introduced for new and reviewing group income protection and group life customers and...

The independent healthcare sector has a key role to play in ensuring non-Covid NHS treatment can go ahead. This is according to David Hare, chief executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network...

Private dental practitioners should benefit from government financial support afforded to their NHS counterparts says dental plan specialist Denplan in their latest white paper. The white paper, published today by the Simplyhealth...

Benefits advisory group Advo has launched a fully integrated platform, advo-one. The platform, which enables organisations to manage their employee benefits, HR and payroll through a single login, can be company branded,...

Rob Barker, MD of Aviva’s health and protection business, is to move to managing director of the insurer's savings & retirement business. Barker (pictured), whose appointment is with immediate effect, will report...

Employers should consider adding digital access to GPs, early intervention services and private healthcare to their benefits arsenal to effectively manage the hidden threat posed by long Covid. Christine Husbands, managing director...