PMI/Private Medical Insurance

Andy Couchman rounds up the main themes impacting IPMI

International medical insurance provider ALC Health has formed a partnership with the Arab Orient Insurance Company to underwrite its worldwide health plan for companies and residents in the United Arab Emirates.

Last month's issue included a fascinating article on the concept of outsourcing disability benefits to the mutual insurance sector and an income replacement top-up which would be paid in addition to State Benefit (page 6 COVER Aug 2010).

Over half of UK adults are worried they won't be able to afford to look after their health into old age, according to a new report.

Group insurers should actively manage the health of clients, a population health consultant is claiming.

Bupa promises new products will be launched in the next six months and into 2011 as it announced a steady performance for the first half of 2010.

Groupama Group says the Private Medical Insurance (PMI) market is seeing further evidence of some rate strengthening in the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) area where the company is active.

Last month, I reported briefly on the abandoning of targets in the NHS following revision of the Department of Health's Operating Framework.

Half of private medical and dental insurance complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have been upheld in the first quarter of the year.

Government legislation to restrict unhealthy behaviours like smoking, drinking alcohol and eating fatty foods is inevitable if we are to retain a free NHS, according to a new report.