claims handlers

Short-term income protection sales are very close to stalling, a direct to consumer provider has reported.

A cash plan provider has launched tiered cover linked to medical procedure recovery time.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has paid out £136m in mis-sold PPI claims since 2008.

LifeSearch and Gocompare.com have formed a business tie-in.

AXA PPP International has appointed of AIMS, Medilink and Medscheme (based in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Mauritius respectively) to provide claims assistance services and facilitate members' access to medical treatment across Africa.

Charter UK has questioned the Financial Ombudsman Service review that has rejected calls for claims management companies to pay a fee for submitting bogus cases.

Aviva is piloting paperless critical illness(CI) claims processing.

CMCs

Simplyhealth has taken over National Friendly's PMI claims administration.

Reservations over the introduction of open referrals in the private healthcare market can be allayed through greater medical expertise in the health insurance claims process a Healix Health Services has said.