PMI & Healthcare
Insurers deserve credit for high PMI retention rates – Solanki
Insurers deserve credit for creating a product consumers truly value meaning retention rates for private medical insurance (PMI) have held up in spite of cost of living challenges, according to UsayCompare director...
Read moreSix in 10 patients prepared to pay for diagnostics – Patients Association
Almost two thirds of patients (60%) would be prepared to pay for tests they need. This is according to the Patients Association's Patient Experience of Diagnostics Report which surveyed 1,177 patients and...
Read moreAdviser urges insurers to tackle private care capacity in Northern Ireland
A Northern Ireland-based adviser has laid down the gauntlet to insurance leaders to tackle the "massive" problem emerging from oversaturation of the private healthcare market and lack of hospital capacity across the...
Read moreExclusive: Aviva pledges near ‘perfection’ for call service by Q2 as adviser frustration continues
Aviva UK Health managing director Steve Bridger has admitted call waiting times at the insurer remain less than perfect, but noted it had improved and pledged advisers and customers would see near...
Read moreDentists’ Provident’s biggest claim totalled £87,800 as 99% paid
The largest amount Dentists’ Provident paid out to an individual claimant in the past year was £87,800. This is according to the provider's claims report for 2023 which showed 99% of new...
Read moreFCA rejects calls to intervene in PII market
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has rejected calls from smaller financial firms for it to intervene in the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market. The regulator dismissed pleas from two of its engagement...
Read moreAviva sees 25% increase in mental health claims for children and young people
Aviva has seen a 25% increase in the number of children and young people seeking support from its mental health pathway through Aviva’s group healthcare schemes in 2023 compared to 2022. The...
Read moreFCA reiterates Consumer Duty will not be retrospective for FOS complaints
The Consumer Duty will not be applied retrospectively to complaints received by it and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has emphasised. The regulator repeated its assertion about...
Read moreUK workers resorting to self treatment due to NHS access woes – Health Shield
More than half (55%) of UK workers who need healthcare have resorted to self-treating medical symptoms due to being unable to access the NHS. This is according to research of 564 workers...
Read moreAI and mandatory excesses floated to stabilise ‘saturated’ virtual GPs
Advisers have proposed options including greater use of artifical intelligence (AI) and mandatory excesses to help control the "saturated" use of virtual GPs in the private medical insurance (PMI) market. The subject...
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