Fraud is becoming a key target for the health insurance industry as it bids to stem the continued growth in medical inflation.
A worldwide scheme to reduce healthcare fraud has been launched including key players from the UK private medical insurance (PMI) market.
Patients have been dragged into a dispute between Bupa and hospital group BMI Healthcare.
Employee absence is thrusting further stress on to staff left behind who have to cope with the workload of those off sick, according to new research.
A new breed of rehabilitation only group risk products is likely to be born if the results of the Sickness Absence Review are followed through, Legal & General has said.
Advisers across the health and protection sector have been divided over the unveiling of a new Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) qualification for the market.
Tax relief should be applied to private medical insurance (PMI) provided by employers for basic tax rate paying staff, the Sickness Absence Review has recommended.
Simplyhealth believes the NHS is crumbling and now is the best chance to change the structure of the country's healthcare system in the last 50 years.
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (Amii) has warned that 2012 will be another tough year for the private medical insurance (PMI) sector.
A qualification for advisers in the health and protection insurance sector has been launched by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).