PMI

Health Shield's Jonathon Burton asks what the insurance premium tax (IPT) increase means for private health solutions such as cash plans.

APRIL International UK has introduced membership of Best Doctors' second medical opinion service to its international private medical insurance (IPMI) policies.

PMI consolidator Chase Templeton has completed its last major deal of 2015 through the asset purchase of Healthcare Partners, the Braintree intermediary which traded under the Avanti Healthcare brand.

The government is to conduct a review into sickness absence in the public sector.

Health insurers are supporting the latest Competition and Markets Authority provisional findings released following an appeal of its final report into the private healthcare market, despite concerns the inquiry could rumble on for several more years....

The majority (55%) of employers feel rising costs will force them to change medical insurance arrangements within the next three years.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that a lack of price competition is 'harming customers' after re-examining private healthcare in central London.

Chase Templeton has completed its largest deal through the asset purchase of Kent-based specialist healthcare broker Consilium Employee Benefits Ltd.

In the first six months of 2015, e-billing by private healthcare providers increased by 28%, compared with January to June 2014 and by 50% on the same period in 2013, according to Healthcode.

Nick Jeal looks at how the private medical insurance industry can turn the Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) hike into an opportunity.