Bupa

Bupa has announced plans to acquire a major Australian and New Zealand dentistry group.

Bupa has launched a programme for people living with or recovering from cancer.

Eight out of ten corporate customers are choosing Bupa's Open Referral service for their employees, according to the insurer's figures.

Bupa is in "discussions" with advisers about reopening the adviser market for individual PMI products after going direct to consumer in July, COVER can exclusively report.

The PMI concerns raised in BBC1's Watchdog last night were all about choice and cost control, WPA has said.

Senior figures from the PMI industry will debate healthcare insurance at the Autumn Conference of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII).

Bupa's controversial open referral policy has provoked many of its corporate clients to leave the provider, rival Healix claims.

Just weeks into his new position as managing director, Nicola Culley finds Roger Edwards heavily into a planning stage.

While demand for private health cover may be stabilising overall, ‘very difficult times' are predicted for individual policies. Nicolas Culley finds innovation and customer service are key in fighting the channel's decline.

One in three are nervous about speaking to people who have dementia, Bupa has reported.