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The Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations (FIPO), has expressed dismay at BUPA''s claim it acts as a broker for patients, helping them negotiate the best price and quality of treatment.

Traditional PMI is doing nothing to help financially squeezed consumers, Passport2Health has said.

Bupa health insurance has offered its insured members the option of undergoing cataract surgery at Optical Express centres in the UK.

Evans Cycles has reported a 150% increase in applications for its Ride2Work bike scheme in the three weeks since the end of the Tour de France.

AXA PPP healthcare has introduced a call back service to give parents of infants up to the age of one access to information and support from a midwife or nurse.

Unum was in talks yesterday with Carol Sergeant to bang the drum for more prominence on the workplace in the distribution of her steering group's simple income replacement concept.

Swiss Re's net income attributable to common shareholders fell by $877m to $83m (2011: $960m) in the second quarter of 2012 owing to a $1bn loss from the sale of the US business Admin Re.

Friends Life has upgraded its critical illness plan, adding one new condition, three new partial payment conditions and six improved conditions.

Insurer Aviva recorded a loss after tax of more than £680m in the first half of the year, after writing down some £870m of goodwill at its US business.

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.