Cash Plans

Health Shield has launched a health cash plan to provide affordable benefits for small and medium-sized businesses.

Health Shield's 2013 plans include an adjustment to its flex products and the introduction of a corporate GP helpline.

Wellbeing is at risk under the increasing dominance of negative management styles, a Chartered Management Institute and Simplyhealth report has stated.

PMI product innovation and marrying up public and private healthcare sectors will be key to resuscitating the market, according to speakers at an AMII summit panel session.

In 2011, Health Shield Friendly Society recorded just 136 formal complaints, with only 26 of those conceded.

The broadened membership of direct-to-consumer Benenden Healthcare will provide choice, but its non-intermediated offering can cause confusion for adviser clients, a PMI consultancy firm has said.

Medicash has introduced an employee assistance programme to its corporate paid cash plans.

Customers are failing to claim for complementary and alternative treatments on cashplans, elements they may have been impressed with at point of purchase.

Westfield Health has released a new group insurance covering non-urgent medical surgeries.

All the videos from COVER's recent Cash Plans breakfast briefing. Just click on the links below to watch...