Healthcare

  The increase in IPT is pushing employers and healthcare consultants towards innovative ways of delivering more for less, says Sam Barrett With insurance premium tax (IPT) increasing from 6 per cent...

Rice said: “We’re finding that expats no longer finish an agreed contract and return home – there is a growing trend to move to the area for the longer term. This may...

The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in Q3 of 2015. After completion, PMIHG will use the Willis brand and maintain its operations...

Speaking at the Private Healthcare Summit this week, Parry said insurers and hospital groups need to work together so that the customer experience can be improved and coverage increased amongst the population....

According to recent statistics from Cancer Research UK, one in two people* born after 1960 in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. The good news is that more...

PHC will continue to operate independently and maintain its intermediary and client support services from its Rickmansworth base. Axa PPP says the acquisition makes it able to present an alternative platform to...

The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, sees nearly all of Simplyhealth’s 390 Bristol employees transfer to Axa PPP Healthcare under a TUPE arrangement, as well as addition to a small...

While these policies will help to shape the NHS, they will also have ramifications for employers, affecting everything from the management of sickness absence through to the design of healthcare products and...

Technology is revolutionising the international private medical insurance (IPMI) market, delivering significant benefits to insurers as well as to employers and their expatriate employees. But, with the pace of technological advance accelerating,...

Babylon, which gives individuals access to instant consultations with selected clinicians and enables them to have their healthcare questions answered by a registered clinician, was recognised by judges as breaking new ground...