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Bupa has urged the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to act now amid fears that customers will continue to be ‘penalised' by HCA charging higher prices for private healthcare.

The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that remedies including the sale of HCA hospitals would not be 'proportionate' to improve competition in the London private health market.

Intermediaries can now offer AXA PPP healthcare's virtual private GP service Doctor@Hand to SME and individual clients.

Health Shield's premium income has risen to a ‘record' of over £31 million; the cash plan provider's annual results have shown.

A school staff absence insurance provider will be using the Dr Now / Now GP app to reduce teacher absence and minimise disruption to children's education in the UK.

Private medical insurance experts have described the rise in IPT as ‘counter-productive' to the take-up of corporate and individual policies.

Leading figures in the insurance industry have described the increase to Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) set out in today's Budget as ‘disappointing news.'

In the days prior to Budget 2016, there was a flurry of reports from Westminster insiders and insurance experts that insurance premium tax (IPT) would hit 12.5% writes Fiona Murphy.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that insurance premium tax (IPT) will increase by 0.5% to a rate of 10%.

Allianz has chosen Best Doctors to provide the Second Medical Opinion service in its new insurance and assistance services partnership with Lebara.