Pandemic triggers employer PMI interest amid postponed cancer treatment

The latest lockdown is driving more employers to consider providing private medical insurance (PMI) to their employees, Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing executive director, Cheryl Brennan, has claimed on World Cancer Day (4 February). Ongoing disruption to cancer services has led The Prince of Wales, who is a patron of Macmillan Cancer Support, to warn recently that cancer risks being the ‘forgotten C' during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the charity estimating that 50,000 people could be living with undiagnosed cancer because of delays to NHS services. Meanwhile, reports - from the...