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PMI top employee perk as businesses admit it is a workplace necessity – Zest
Private medical insurance (PMI) is the most important company perk that employees look for in their benefits package while HR professions believe it has become a workplace necessity. Opinium surveyed 2,000 UK...
Read moreWomen in Work Summit: Get ‘gobby’ women talking about menstruation – Fletcher
Organisations should get "gobby" women talking about menstruation to boost workplace wellbeing and participation. This was one of the key messages of the latest Women In Work Summit which highlighted that ignoring...
Read moreIDF’s Andy Roche interview: A CMA investigation to PMI, insurer-doctor relations and wanting a ‘transparent, fair and equitable system’
The consultant leading the Independent Doctors Federation (IDF) campaign to overhaul the working relationship between private doctors and insurers believes some insurers operating in market are exhibiting anti-competitive behaviour and creating massive...
Read moreIDF launches campaign to rebalance relationship power between doctors and insurers
The Independent Doctors' Federation (IDF) has launched a campaign to address what it sees as the imbalance and lack of transparency between independent doctors and private medical insurers. The IDF said it...
Read moreFirms struggling to evidence Consumer Duty vulnerable customer outcomes – CII
More than a third of firms (34%) are finding evidencing outcomes for vulnerable customers as required by the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Consumer Duty board reporting requirements to be "extremely challenging". This...
Read moreEmployers show ‘naïve optimism’ tackling mental health despite soaring absences
Just two in five businesses are considering strengthening their mental health support programmes and making it a strategic priority in future despite soaring absences. This is according to a Barnett Waddingham-commissioned Censuswide...
Read moreSingapore insurers should provide flexible international medical plans – MMB
Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) has recommended that health insurance providers in Singapore adopt flexible international medical plans (IMPs) to provide comprehensive cover that can be tailored to suit their specific requirements in...
Read moreAI use pushing insurance fraud, say claims handlers
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to drive insurance fraud as the number of dodgy claims is on the rise, according to a survey of claims handlers. One in five (19%) of...
Read moreIPT cut should contribute to Labour’s drive ‘from sickness to prevention’ – Broadstone
Labour's drive "from sickness to prevention" should include a cut to insurance premium tax (IPT) to meet surging demand for "timely and preventative" complementary healthcare provided by the private sector. This is...
Read more‘AI-enabled hyper-personalisation’ could make people ‘uninsurable’ – FCA
FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi has warned that using artificial intelligence (AI) for insurance could leave some customers uninsurable or potentially result in discrimination. Rathi (pictured) agreed that AI could benefit many...
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