Private healthcare billings for procedures and consultations conducted through insurance were 19% higher at the start of 2023 when compared to the same period of 2022, according todata from Healthcode. The organisation...
Read moreLegal & General Group Protection has added a range of on demand services to its group income protection (GIP) Virtual Clinic for members and their families. These services include online physiotherapy from...
Read moreAviva has has been paying its longest income protection (IP) claim for more than 35 years. The insurer published the detail as part of its 2022 individual protection claims data which showed...
Read moreThe Exeter saw usage of its free member health and wellbeing app grow by 10% in 2022. The protection and health insurer noted remote GP appointments remained the most popular service, accounting...
Read moreThe Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) believes insurers are not doing enough to promote its data on healthcare quality from practitioners and hospitals to patients. The body also urged advisers to direct...
Read moreLee Lovett is retiring as managing director (MD) of group protection at AIG Life with Donald MacLean appointed as his successor. Lovett has spent more than 40 years in the financial services...
Read moreRecord NHS wait times have meant clients are now more aware of the importance of their own health and expect to pay more for treatment in future as well. This is according...
Read moreSam Hudson has been appointed managing director of RedArc, with Christine Husbands (pictured) becoming commercial director. Hudson assumes his new role alongside his existing position as managing director of Assured Futures, which...
Read moreHealth and protection insurance comparison service Usay Compare has partnered with Contact State to improve its marketing activity and validate leads. Usay said the platform had been brought on board to help...
Read moreHealth & Protection's inaugural Health Summit took place last week at Tylney Hall in Hampshire. The exclusive two-day event saw advisers and intermediaries working in the private medical insurance (PMI) and healthcare...
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