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Over-60s health insurer Lateral opens to advisers through Rapid Quote portal
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (610+ words) Specialist over 60 health insurer Lateral has launched its new health plan for the over-60s market through Rapid Quote, opening applications for a select group of specialist private medical insurance (PMI) brokers. It will be using a flat commission model with…...
Employers pushing IPMI in fight against rising medical inflation - analysis
19+ hour, 47+ min ago (1297+ words) With global medical inflation increasing at an average of around 10% in 2026, it is no surprise that employers want more bang for their buck from their international private medical insurance (IPMI) plans. But this applies to larger corporates just as much…...
Insurance accounts for £1.5bn of recovered financial products in H1 - Billions 4 Millions
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (417+ words) Protection and other insurance policies accounted for 60% of the value of the £2.5bn of lost or forgotten financial products that were recovered during the first half of the year, according to campaigners. Billions 4 Millions was launched in January to reconnect consumers…...
Pressure on protection insurers as cancer incidence and survival rise – analysis
3+ week, 1+ day 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
3+ week, 5+ day 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+ mon, 1+ 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
1+ mon, 1+ week 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
2+ mon, 1+ 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
2+ mon, 3+ 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, 3+ week 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…...