PMI & Healthcare

High-net worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net worth (UHNW) individuals are increasingly globally mobile and in need of international private medical insurance (IPMI) to support their moves. Henley & Partners managing partner Stuart Wakeling...

Benenden Health is now offering smartphone-based heart rhythm checks to its members.  It follows a pilot programme in which 87% of participating members expressed a strong interest in having FibriCheck's service included...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is proposing to cut the rate of interest charged on penalty awards made to customers who it judges have been disadvantaged by financial services firms. It has...

A shortfall in technical skills and a retiring workforce is proving a key pain point for health and protection insurers and their technology systems, writes Owain Thomas.   Download the roundtable supplement...

Telus Health has appointed Paul Hawke as business development director. Hawke (pictured) joins from William Russell where he had been international sales manager since July of last year. He joined William Russell...

Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has appointed Eric McMurray as chairman, health, wealth and career (HWC). In his role, McMurray will support M&A readiness, strategy execution, client growth and senior leadership development. The...

Chris Carroll took over as CEO of Bupa Insurance UK at the start of the year, taking over at the helm of the UK's largest health insurer from Alex Perry who had...

Three of the highest quarters for admissions paid for with private medical insurance (PMI) occurred in 2024, a year in which there were more private hospital admissions than any previous year on...

Simon Friday will start his new role as a broker sales manager with Benenden Health on 16 June. Health & Protection reported that Friday had left his position at Brown & Brown...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has renewed its project to launch a comparison tool for private medical insurance (PMI) quotes in the SME market. AMII treasurer Paul Swanson (pictured)...