News
Group PMI
The majority of employers agree with recommendations to introduce tax breaks for private medical insurance (PMI), a survey has found.
21 December 2011
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1 min read
Employee Benefits
Women are nearly three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, according to new research.
21 December 2011
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1 min read
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Insurers handed over £2.4bn in insurance premium tax in the year 2010/11, a rise of more than 6% on the previous year (£2.253bn), government figures reveal.
20 December 2011
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1 min read
PMI
Bupa has confirmed it is to de-list a further 25 BMI hospitals from 1 January after the two parties failed to agree contract terms for treating Bupa patients.
20 December 2011
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2 min read
Cashplans
Simplyhealth has bought dental cash plan provider Denplan from Axa for £115m.
20 December 2011
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2 min read
Cashplans
Bupa has introduced its first consumer dental insurance product.
19 December 2011
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1 min read
Service
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Combined Insurance Company of America (CICA) £2.8m because its poor management of staff put customers at risk of being treated unfairly.
19 December 2011
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1 min read
PMI
General Practitioners (GPs) who have taken over budgets from Primary Care trusts (PCTs) under NHS reforms are sliding millions into the red.
16 December 2011
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2 min read
PMI
Groupama has suffered a ratings downgrade at the hands of Standard & Poor's despite the France-based insurer announcing a range of key strategic actions designed to halt the recent slide.
16 December 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
Ageas Protect is to contact critical illness customers, including those that have already claimed, to inform them that their terms and conditions have been improved.
15 December 2011
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1 min read
