PMI

Now Health International has launched as the newest intermediary focused entrant in the UK international private medical insurance (IPMI) sector.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has seen a significant increase in membership over the past six months.

The international private medical insurance (IPMI) market will see growth in 2011 but with consolidation and increasing demand for add on products and benefits, ALC Health has predicted.

PruHealth has revealed its first new product suite since purchasing Standard Life Healthcare last year.

Bupa has agreed a partnership with China-based insurer Alltrust for its international private medical insurance (IPMI) policyholders.

The group risk industry should be smiling broadly not merely breathing a sigh of relief following the confirmation of an exception from retirement age legislation, said Swiss Re.

An exception for employers offering group risk benefits has been included in Government plans to scrap the default retirement age (DRA).

My client is 42 and runs a consultancy in the oil industry. As a result he has to travel extensively, including contracts in dangerous and high disease risk countries such as Algeria, Sudan and Nigeria. He has already arranged international private medical...

The British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) is seeking intermediary evidence to support its response to the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) review of the private healthcare market.

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