Only one complaint about the structure of private medical insurance (PMI) contracts has been forwarded to the FSA by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), COVER has learned.

One of the founders of the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) healthcare focus group has resigned claiming the organisation does not cater for smaller brokers.

Simplyhealth has agreed to buy Groupama Healthcare.

The ongoing dispute between Bupa and surgeons' representative bodies is now on the verge of entering its fourth month and has earned the title "saga" at COVER.

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has said it does not support Bupa's medical reviews for knee surgery because it has no input or control over the process.

Ellipse has launched a tool to aid advisers and scheme founders to establish their own trust and complete the HMRC registration process.

LV= has revealed its protection new business increased 16% over the first six months of the year compared with the same period of 2010.

Fifty charities have hit out at the government for using ‘dangerously misleading' benefit claims statistics that are contributing to hatred towards disabled people.

Self-funding long-term care residents could still face a bill of almost £200,000 for four years in a residential home under the proposed Dilnot Commission reforms, according to Partnership.

Universal Provident has become the first private medical insurance (PMI) provider to release details of its paid claims.