PMI

The health insurance and protection markets have reacted with cautious optimism to the government's spending review.

Almost 80% of Britons are worried about the cost of healthcare and many are postponing or cancelling treatment as a result, according to new research.

The government has barely maintained its commitment to protect the NHS budget and increase spending over the next four years.

Private health insurer WPA's Worldwide Assistance service, which provides global medical assistance, is now to be operated by third party supplier, CEGA Group Services.

The NHS Confederation has called for action to reduce risks associated with the design and implementation of the government's healthcare reforms.

In every relationship there comes a time where the real value of it is revealed to both parties. Over the last year it seems many holders of individual PMI policies have been weighing that very question up, and as Owain Thomas writes, the answer is increasingly...

If you are not selling international PMI then your competitors are. However, as Edward Murray explains, this is a rewarding market

With providers and the government taking a greater interest in health provision through the workplace, should IFAs become more active in the health and welfare of those individuals in their group business?

The proposed increased Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) award limit is ‘not keeping pace'with today's costs, according to the (FOS).

Aviva UK Health has launched an intermediary marketing campaign on the benefits of selling international private medical insurance.