PMI & Healthcare

Private healthcare providers are expecting stronger growth from private medical insurance (PMI) than self-pay in the upcoming year. This is according to a survey carried out among 52 providers across England including...

Jenna Collins, partnership development executive at Santé Group (pictured), speaks to Health & Protection about starting off in digital technology, why her parents are her role models and a day when she...

Cigna Healthcare, International Health has appointed Rob Peat as CEO of Asia Pacific. He will take on the role as of 1 April.  Based in Hong Kong, Peat (pictured) will oversee International Health’s operations...

As the government sets out to decrease welfare payments, it is to undertake a fundamental review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, involving policy experts, stakeholders and disabled people.   The...

The Labour Government's has confirmed £1bn of employment support measures aimed at helping disabled and long-term sick people back into work. The details were included in the Spring Statement documents. Last week,...

The Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance is set to increase by 2029, but the health element of that is set to be halved and frozen for new claims, according to chancellor Rachel...

International private medical insurance (IPMI) increasingly offers a very wide range of additional benefits which can help drive demand, increase usage and potentially reduce large treatment costs. But maximising their value depends...

The Barnett Waddingham brand name will disappear within two years following its acquisition by Howden. This morning global insurance and employee benefits intermediary group Howden announced it has agreed to acquire UK...

PIB Employee Benefits has bought benefits technology firm Amba for an undisclosed sum. PIB told Health & Protection that it was standard for the company not to disclose any of the financials...

Half of globally mobile workers report being lonely in their new location but those who work in the UK are the loneliest. A survey from Cigna Healthcare International Health also found that...