Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
BUDGET 2010: Healix predicts IPT related PMI premium hike
Healthcare trust specialist Healix has predicted an increase in private medical insurance on the back of the 1% rise in insurance premium tax announced in yesterday’s emergency budget.
BUDGET 2010: Medical travel specialist warns against cutting back cover
Specialist travel insurance provider Insurance With has offered advice to holidaymakers with pre-existing medical conditions on how to avoid overspending on unnecessary cover.
Alpha Underwriting launched
Alpha Underwriting has been established to handle corporate travel and personal accident cover.
Allianz warns of fit note fraud
Allianz Legal Protection is warning employers to be on the look-out for bogus GP fit notes.
PMI providers weigh into IPT debate
Any rise in insurance premium tax will severely hit an NHS already under pressure, according to the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries.
Risk to reputation
Eighteen years of independent corporate governance reviews have failed to reduce the risk to shareholder value and corporate reputation, according to Matthew Bates, Heath Lambert's head of risk management.
Staysure opens Spanish branch
Over-50s insurance provider Staysure has opened a branch in Marbella, Spain offering home, health and travel insurance plus pre-paid funeral packages to the expat community. As well as running the expat service, the new office will provide a base for…
Axa remains committed
Axa has insisted it remains committed to its UK general insurance and health operations.
Axa insists it is committed to UK GI despite proposed life sell off
Axa has insisted it remains committed to its UK general insurance and health operations.
Heath Lambert boosts its Leeds corporate and commercial business proposition
Leeds head of office John Dakin has decided to join the recently established Heath Lambert national corporate team to focus on large accounts in Yorkshire and corporate relationships in the surrounding Leeds area.
Regional review - Manchester: The Mancunian way
Manchester is a diverse city, full of character and currently undergoing something of a rebirth. Daniel Dunkley visits the city and finds a thriving insurance market.
Zurich in Asia-Pacific swoop
Zurich has signed an agreement to acquire 80% of PT Mayapada Life, a Indonesian life insurer focused on the distribution of group and individual life and health plans.
Zurich in Asia-Pacific swoop
Zurich has signed an agreement to acquire 80% of PT Mayapada Life, a Indonesian life insurer focused on the distribution of group and individual life and health plans.
Rehabilitation - PAS 150: Kitemark conundrum
The lack of an attached kitemark to new rehabilitation code of practice PAS 150 spelled disappointment for some. In the first of two articles on the standard, Lynn Rouse explores the key issue of accreditation.
Postscript - 5 years ago: Heath secure with £20m war chest
Looking through Post's back cataloguepaints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 5 years ago reveals.
Heath Lambert appoints Darby in new Manchester move
Heath Lambert has appointed Robin Darby as the head of its Manchester operation.
Irish to sell VHI
The Irish government has revealed it is to sell state-owned medical insurer VHI after injecting capital into the firm.
Capita swoops for £60m Premier Medical
The Capita Group has acquired Premier Medical Group for a cash consideration of £60m on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Ace strikes global deal
Ace has appointed Cega Group Services to support its corporate travel insurance policyholders with the provision of emergency medical assistance.
Irish government to offload health insurer
The Irish Government has revealed it is to sell state-owned medical insurer VHI after injecting capital into the state owned firm.
Irish government to offload health insurer
The Irish Government has revealed it is to sell state-owned medical insurer VHI after injecting capital into the state owned firm.
Legal update - residential care: A duty of care
The Department of Health consultation on charging for residential care, which recently closed, has again raised the issue of who should pick up the tab for residential care in personal injury compensation cases. Sallie Harrington and Paul Stephens…
Heath Lambert combines
Heath Lambert has combined its commercial affinity and small business division with its personal lines unit, Heath Lambert Insurance Services, aiming to double its size by 2012.
Heath Lambert merges personal and small business divisions
Broker Heath Lambert has combined its commercial affinity and small business division with its personal lines unit, Heath Lambert Insurance Services, aiming to double its size by 2012.