PMI

International medical insurer InterGlobal has improved its cover for cancer treatment.

In the US, chronic illness insurance riders are emerging as an alternative to long-term care insurance riders. Could such coverage find a viable market in the UK, asks Mark Johnson.

Brokers can now offer an instant personalised quote for April UK's Private Medical Insurance Plan through a system upgrade to be rolled out across the UK from 2 December.

Jelf Employee Benefits has announced it is sharpening its international proposition for employers and individuals by launching Jelf International.

Aetna has announced it has agreed to acquire international PMI provider InterGlobal from a group led by its majority shareholder Alchemy Partners.

Regular COVER columnist Richard Walsh reveals a colourful past in Whitehall as an NHS reformer and his views on the future of the protection market.

BMI Healthcare has warned over the potential impact of the Competition Commission's investigation into the UK Private Medical Insurance (PMI) market and said the group will defend its position against any ‘unnecessary or disproportionate remedies.'

The amount of experienced occupational health therapists available is "not enough to meet the timescale" of the government's new health and work scheme, an independent occupational health adviser says.

Advisers should consider children's cover on CI policies as one of the more important aspects of the contract. Mark Anders makes the case.

Simplicity in policy wordings is easy to achieve if providers cared to try, writes Alan Lakey.