Dive into the health insurance pool
Pooling. It’s not new. It’s not sexy. But it does have the potential to bring to international clients – even the smaller ones – cost efficiencies, control and essential local and global employee...
Trusts
Group PMI ‘most valued’ employee benefit
Group private medical insurance is increasingly seen as one of the most highly valued corporate benefits, according to new data on the wider workplace healthcare market. The Workplace Protection & Wellbeing Report,...
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...
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...
Paul Avis: The Budget threat to group life as we know it
A consultation on the taxation of trusts could have massive implications for the tax breaks available on group life says Canada Life Group Insurance marketing director Paul Avis. The industry needs to...
Broadstone swoops for actuarial firm and independent trustee business
Broadstone Group has bought Manchester-based actuarial firm Mitchell Consulting and independent trustee firm 2020 Trustees for an undisclosed fee. The deals mean the acquisitive employee benefits and pensions consultancy now has 170...
AMII launches first healthcare market training days
The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) has launched its first training event for specialist healthcare intermediaries focusing on SME, corporate, trust and individual policies and cash plans. Taking place on...
Healthcare trust surge boosts PMI sales: LaingBuisson
An surge in demand for healthcare trusts has driven an increase in coverage of private medical cover across the UK in 2015, reversing the long-term decline in the sector. Latest figures from...
IPT hike – A kick-start for healthcare trusts?
The impending hike in insurance premium tax makes healthcare trusts considerably more attractive. But, asks Sam Barrett, is the increase enough to kick companies into action? The latest increase in insurance premium tax...
Engaging tech to transform healthcare
Technology is revolutionising healthcare delivery by engaging employees in their wellbeing. It may even help to contain medical inflation, says Sam Barrett Having one’s health problems diagnosed by a computer was unthinkable...
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