Bupa

Intermediary consolidator Chase Templeton has brought an ex-Bupa manager on board to build its proposition with larger national accounts and blue chip organisations.

AMII members voted for insurers to join membership in an emergency general meeting today, and Bupa is set to be the first to sign.

Bupa is set to distribute individual PMI through brokers again and is currently testing a proposition with advisers.

Bupa has announced plans to acquire a major Australian and New Zealand dentistry group.

Bupa has launched a programme for people living with or recovering from cancer.

Eight out of ten corporate customers are choosing Bupa's Open Referral service for their employees, according to the insurer's figures.

Bupa is in "discussions" with advisers about reopening the adviser market for individual PMI products after going direct to consumer in July, COVER can exclusively report.

The PMI concerns raised in BBC1's Watchdog last night were all about choice and cost control, WPA has said.

Senior figures from the PMI industry will debate healthcare insurance at the Autumn Conference of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII).

Bupa's controversial open referral policy has provoked many of its corporate clients to leave the provider, rival Healix claims.