Aon, Howden and Nest multiple winners at CA Awards
Aon, Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing and Nest all took away multiple awards at the Corporate Adviser Awards 2020, which were revealed online today. Aon won both the Corporate Adviser Firm of...
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Ian Rummels: Why advisers can’t afford to ignore the digital revolution
SPONSORED CONTENT A digital revolution has swept the globe over the last few decades. Twenty years ago, it was hard to imagine working without a PC on every desk. Then the flatscreen...
Sick and stuck abroad: IPMI in the Covid crisis
Does an international health insurance policy cover the Coronavirus Covid-19 Outbreak? While most domestic private health insurers in the UK are offering limited or no cover, numerous International Private Medical Insurance providers...
Workplace protection and benefits providers’ data revealed for first time
Group private medical insurance is perceived by advisers as being the workplace protection and wellbeing benefit most valued by employees, but providers in the sector are less prepared to divulge market information...
How technology is supporting international healthcare delivery
Technology is transforming healthcare delivery with everything from artificial intelligence to virtual GPs supporting employees’ health and wellbeing. And, after years of lagging the UK’s domestic insurers, the international medical insurers are...
Employer healthcare costs ‘to rise 6.3%’
The data, taken from a survey of medical insurers by Willis Towers Watson, suggests costs will increase globally by 0.5 per cent, from 7.1 per cent last year, with the Middle East/Africa...
Health insurers demand Budget freeze on IPT
The letter - signed by Bupa’s chief executive Alex Perry, Axa PPP’s chief executive Keith Gibbs, Aviva chief executive of global health Mark Noble and Vitality UK chief executive Neville Koopowitz -...
IPT hikes: cushioning the blow
The industry breathed a metaphorical sigh of relief when the Chancellor Philip Hammond announced no planned rise in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) in last November’s Budget. Whether this came in response to...
Healthcare market focus: from broking to consulting
High premiums, product complexity and a lack of market growth have turned group medical insurance into a no-go area for some advisers. But an upswing in virgin business shows that opportunities are...
Stuart Scullion: How to deal with GDPR, the IDD and the SMCR
The turkey is finished, the Christmas decorations have been packed away and the New Year’s festivities are over. As we enter 2018 full of optimism, it’s time to ask yourself: “Are you...
