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Health Compass IPMI product sourcing system launches
The Health Compass international private medical insurance (IPMI) product sourcing system has launched. The platform caters for brokers with individual clients requiring IPMI cover. It provides intermediaries fully licensed access to the...
Read moreDigital health and virtual GP services here to stay despite return of in-person care – analysis
The pandemic changed the way health services are delivered - perhaps forever. Insurers have noted increased demand for digital and virtual GP services and have responded in kind by designing or evolving...
Read moreInsured private patient treatment up 133% on pre-pandemic levels
More insured patients were treated by private hospitals during the first quarter of 2022 than compared with the same period before the pandemic, according to new billing activity data from Healthcode. The...
Read moreAdvisers have one week to enter the Health & Protection Awards 2022
Advisers have one week to get their entries in for this year's Health & Protection Awards. To enter all advisers need to do is tell us in 1,000 words or less how...
Read moreCII announces additional help for stressed out insurance professionals
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has announced additional help for insurance professionals to tackle stress. Throughout this National Stress Awareness Month, the institute is encouraging its members to access, at no additional...
Read moreBrits keep protection and PMI over holidays and Netflix as inflation bites
Protection cover ranks lowest among the things Brits would sacrifice to pay for essentials as the cost of living crisis intensifies, according to research from MetLife UK. The provider commissioned Censuswide to...
Read moreUpdate: Cigna retracts statement about supporting Russia-based IPMI customers and will not confirm continuing coverage
Cigna has retracted its previous statement about continuing to support international private medical insurance (IPMI) customers in Russia and will not confirm if it will provide treatment to its expat members in...
Read moreFCA ‘missing the point’ as some non-advice firms deliberately play on consumer confusion – Müdd
St James's Place divisional director Tony Müdd has accused some non-advised protection broker firms of playing on customer confusion around the difference between advised and non-advised sales. Müdd also slammed the Financial...
Read moreConsumer Duty does not give wriggle room on loaded premiums – Müdd
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consumer duty does not give any "wriggle room" for firms who think loaded premiums are acceptable, according to Tony Müdd, divisional director at St James' Place. Müdd...
Read moreNow Health International tackling Ukraine and Russia queries on case-by-case basis
Now Health International says it is addressing queries from existing customers in and around Ukraine and Russia on a case-by-case basis to ensure it acts responsibly and appropriately towards these clients, subject...
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