PMI & Healthcare
Advisers expect increased PMI demand despite cost pressures – The Exeter
More than a third of financial advisers are expecting demand for private medical insurance (PMI) to rise in the UK this year, a survey has discovered. The study of 750 advisers by...
Read moreHeidi targets expanded role with AutoMedica acquisition
Heidi has acquired UK-based clinical AI firm AutoMedica as it bids to evolve from an AI scribe to an AI care partner. The firm said its acquisition will seek to bring clinical...
Read morePet cover trumps income protection as insurance priority
New research has uncovered an alarming trend which could leave many people struggling to pay their bills if they were unable to work due to illness or injury. LV’s fourth Reaching Resilience...
Read moreWhy employers are reassessing corporate healthcare spend – Talbot
The first few months of the year are always the busiest for corporate healthcare renewals, and this time around, the conversations have quite a familiar feel. Cost still opens the discussion, but...
Read moreMoneySupermarket launches ChatGPT app enabling protection and health insurance comparisons
MoneySupermarket has launched a ChatGPT app enabling customers to use AI to compare provider offerings across financial services - including health and life insurance. The app, which uses AI to search more...
Read moreInsurance Premium Tax receipts set for record year
Chancellor Rachel Reeves looks set to collect record Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) receipts for this financial year, latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs show. Consumers collectively paid £7.7bn between April and...
Read moreBring protection conversations back to essentials and a back-up plan – Colley
Advisers need to focus clients’ minds on life's essentials and to think about how they might cope should the worst happen. This is according to Louise Colley, director of retail protection at...
Read moreAMII adds Globacare as intermediary member
Globacare has joined the Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) as an intermediary member. The broker advises on individual, SME and corporate private medical insurance, alongside global health insurance and protection...
Read moreUK healthy life expectancy plunges to lowest levels on record – ONS
Healthy life expectancy for men and women across the UK has fallen to its lowest level on record, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Furthermore those born in...
Read moreHealth & Protection launches special AI in Insurance section
Health & Protection is launching an exclusive AI in Insurance microsite. The site explores this pivotal time for the whole health and protection insurance industry including the regulatory, ethical and practical implications of...
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