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WPA becomes 'first' UK health insurer to offer instant claims decisions

Submit claims for cash benefits 'within two minutes'

  • PMI
  • 01 December 2020
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WPA to pay second premium rebate

Expected to total £3.7m

  • PMI
  • 24 June 2020
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WPA to provide 40% premium rebate

Due to COVID-19

  • PMI
  • 05 May 2020
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What changes have health insurers made due to COVID-19?

As of 19 May

  • PMI
  • 21 April 2020
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WPA extends remote GP service

COVID-19 letter sent to policyholders

  • PMI
  • 30 March 2020
WPA CEO steps down
WPA CEO steps down

After 32 years

  • PMI
  • 04 September 2019
CEGA and WPA renew global assistance deal

CEGA will continue to provide its global assistance services to clients of Western Provident Association, (WPA) for a further two years.

  • International PMI
  • 07 September 2015
WPA launches first Multi-Family PMI plan

WPA has launched a multi-family private medical insurance (PMI) plan enabling policyholders to cover extended family members which may be particularly attractive to baby-boomers financially helping out their children and grandchildren.

  • PMI
  • 15 October 2014
PMI: Paying too much to cover too few?

Are private medical schemes paying too much to cover too few and could tiered benefits provide a solution, asks WPA's Ellis Turley.

  • PMI
  • 10 September 2013
WPA adds to NHS top-up cover

WPA has made changes to its corporate cash plan.

  • Cashplans
  • 25 March 2013
CC Data: PMI policyholders are falling back on the NHS

Competition Commission statistics - as part of its private healthcare market investigation - have shown consultants do not reference insurer guidelines when making patient fee levels.

  • PMI
  • 03 March 2013
Is PMI itself on the critical list? - BBC's Watchdog

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

  • PMI
  • 01 November 2012
Market views: Nearing PMI "affordability crunch"

Bupa has been the latest to warn about the nearing ‘affordability crunch' in the private medical insurance market as premiums continue to rise. What genuine, clean slate innovation would you like to see in PMI - and how possible will real innovation be?...

  • PMI
  • 07 September 2012
Group PMI - Adding a bit of ­sparkle to the market

The group PMI market has been a little flat of late. So why not try to dazzle it? That's the consensus view of some providers, as Nicola Culley reports.

  • PMI
  • 28 June 2012
Brokers query deductible take-up

Intermediaries queried corporate deductible PMI products today at an educational seminar held by WPA in London.

  • Group PMI
  • 26 June 2012
Corporate deductible PMI could excite HMRC - Axa PPP

The growing take-up of corporate deductible PMI products wis likely to invite greater HMRC scrutiny, Axa PPP has warned.

  • Group PMI
  • 31 May 2012
Market Views - PMI, a third market?

Westfield Health has recently released a new product, Hospital Treatment Insurance, aimed at the middle ground between cash plans and PMI. Considering the lengthening of hospital waiting lists, could this be the birth of a third tier to the health insurance...

  • PMI
  • 30 May 2012
Simplyhealth to follow in corporate deductible PMI footsteps

Simplyhealth has plans to expand its offering with a corporate deductible-style group PMI.

  • Group PMI
  • 23 May 2012
Insurers welcome healthcare market's referral to Competition Commission

Private medical Insurers (PMI) have endorsed the Office of Fair Trading referring the UK healthcare market to the Competition Commission and said they will take an active part in investigations.

  • PMI
  • 04 April 2012
WPA reasserts IPT position on Corporate Deductible schemes

Private Medical Insurance (PMI) provider WPA has released evidence the tax treatment of its Corporate Deductible schemes is sanctioned by the taxman.

  • Group PMI
  • 29 March 2012
Axa PPP extends cancer cover to rejected NHS drug

Axa PPP has extended its cancer coverage to include the clinically effective prostate cancer drug rejected for the NHS because it is too expensive.

  • PMI
  • 03 February 2012
WPA adds moratorium underwriting

WPA has introduced moratorium underwriting on its individual private medical insurance (PMI) plans for clients who fit certain criteria.

  • PMI
  • 26 January 2012
Providers hail OFT stand

Health insurers have applauded the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) decision to refer the operation of the private healthcare market to the Competition Commission (CC).

  • PMI
  • 08 December 2011
Individual PMI: A testing experiment

With the medical insurance sector in a state of flux, Owain Thomas dons the white coat and protective glasses to scientifically investigate the issues.

  • Individual PMI
  • 21 October 2011
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