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Pressure on protection insurers as cancer incidence and survival rise – analysis
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (1554+ words) Captain Kirk has cancer. William Shatner, who played the original Star Trek space adventurer, has been diagnosed with melanoma, which has spread to his lungs and brain. Furthermore, the diagnosis came while his 61-year-old daughter was battling breast cancer. Unfortunately,…...
PMI claim volumes accelerate in Q2 - Healthcode
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (487+ words) Private medical insurance (PMI) claim volumes rose almost 8% year-on-year from April to June, following growth of almost 7% in the previous three months. For a consecutive quarter, invoice volumes exceeded one million in each month, bringing the total to 6.3 million for…...
Protection and health insurance complaints continue rising - FOS
1+ week, 3+ day ago (549+ words) Complaints about protection and health insurance products have continued to rise with private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection (IP) seeing the greatest increases, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Data from the ombudsman showed rising numbers of complaints…...
Sovereign Health Care plans adviser market launch with Weston hire
2+ week, 6+ day ago (336+ words) Healthcare cash plan provider Sovereign Health Care is to expand into the intermediary market. To lead this move, the Bradford-based not-for-profit has appointed Luis Weston as its new head of commercial sales. He joins the business at a time when…...
Guardian CI Essentials plans go live
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (684+ words) Guardian’s new critical illness plans have gone live for advisers and their clients today (15 June). The provider’s two new core covers – Critical Illness Essentials and Combined Life and Critical Illness Essentials build on Life Essentials, introduced in 2024 to support households…...
Guardian adds critical illness and combined life value options
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (425+ words) Guardian has added two new ‘core’ covers – Critical Illness Essentials and Combined Life and Critical Illness Essentials – to its Essentials range. The provider said these additional covers will give advisers more opportunities to recommend Guardian where clients need value and…...
Dubai broker builds add-on to freeze health insurance premiums for five years
2+ mon, 1+ hour ago (212+ words) Available on select health insurance plans the add-on is live for residents of Dubai and the Northern Emirates that use the firm’s website. The firm said the add-on is priced at a “modest premium” above the standard plan cost but…...
Private healthcare targeting direct to employer schemes as PMI slips - IHPN
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (464+ words) Private hospital groups and clinics increasingly see direct to employer schemes as their biggest opportunity for growth over the next five years. Research from the Independent Healthcare Providers Network’s (IHPN) showed a surge in expectation for this approach while prospects…...
Guardian updates portal to view real-time policies, nominated beneficiaries and upgrades
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) Guardian has updated its adviser portal to enable users to view real-time cover details, nominated individuals and beneficiaries as well as cover upgrades. The provider said the changes aim to give advisers the tools they need to proactively support their…...
Equipsme set for four-fold member growth and targets 5% average premium rise
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (574+ words) Equipsme has a pipeline which could see it more than quadruple the number of lives covered. The provider claims with its reduced levels of cover it has also maintained premium inflation to a quarter of that reported in the wider…...