Axa PPP

Canada Life and AXA PPP have respectively hired Sue Grene and Elliott Hurst to senior positions.

Private medical insurers could be heading for a full scale conflict with medical practitioners as doctors' leaders are increasingly targeting providers' fee schedules.

International PMI provider AXA PPP International has made two senior appointments in sales and distribution.

Adviser networks had half of the complaints against them referred to Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) upheld in the first six months of the year.

AXA Group's sale of part of its UK Life business to Resolution Group has led to a 30% drop in income for the first half of 2010.

Axa have re-affirmed their commitment to the private healthcare market and its Bluefin adviser group after selling its Life business to Resolution for £2.75bn.

Axa's protection and healthcare business bucked the trend last year in recording increased revenues as its overall company earnings fell 18% to £235m.

The current subject on brokers' lips is PMI claims transparency, yet this was banned from discussion at a recent AMII meeting. In the absence of proper debate, Insurance Age's Liz McMahon brings viewpoints together

AXA PPP healthcare has announced a new structure and team to serve the intermediary healthcare market.

In September the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) published company specific complaints data for the first time while the ABI has published company aggregated data.