Simplyhealth

The fit note is failing to reduce employee sickness absence and may take five years to become fully integrated, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has revealed.

Simplyhealth believes the NHS is crumbling and now is the best chance to change the structure of the country's healthcare system in the last 50 years.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (Amii) has warned that 2012 will be another tough year for the private medical insurance (PMI) sector.

Groupama Healthcare has said it will continue to release claims data for small group scheme policies after its merger with Simplyhealth.

Simplyhealth's purchase of Groupama has been delayed due to the volume of work currently being imposed upon the FSA and legal system.

Axa PPP's Fergus Craig has a keen eye on PMI. Paul Robertson asks him how the market is improving.

Stress and other mental health issues are now the most common reason for people absent from work, new research has found.

The majority of Britons would consider paying to be seen privately if it meant they were diagnosed quicker, new research has found.

Health insurers and brokers have broadly supported the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) view that the private healthcare market is ‘not working well for customers'.

Jack Briggs tells Owain Thomas why Simplyhealth seized the opportunity to purchase Groupama Healthcare and what this will mean for the new enlarged provider's philosophy towards the broker market.