Senior industry figures have questioned Conservative plans to transfer regulatory powers from the FSA to either the Bank of England (BoE) or a new consumer protection body.
As the National Health Service comes under increasing financial strain, and the economic costs of sickness become more apparent, Michael Payne, outlines the part private medical insurance (PMI) could play through a restructure of current taxation rules...
Lead generation company Leadbay has launched a trial in private medical insurance leads with Best Health UK and Chase Templeton.
In light of the FSA's proposed regulatory fee increases for IFAs, do you think that advisers should have more input with the regulator on rules affecting their business? Should they be represented on the board?
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) is running its exhibition and conference at the Barcelo Hinckley Island Hotel just outside Coventry on Wednesday, 17 June 2009.
Pru Health has been rated as the insurer most willing to get involved in building up intermediaries' businesses in a survey by the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries.
A new working party is being launched to improve the process of getting quotations for private medical insurance through the creation of an online portal.
The UK medical insurance industry risks becoming a corporate group market which provides cover only during working years, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.