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Welcome intervention

1 February Corporate Adviser

The OFT says the private healthcare market is not set up to promote competition between service providers. Sam Barrett finds advisers and insurers welcoming the prospect of regulatory intervention

Silver lining

1 January Corporate Adviser

Costs of cancer care may be spiralling, but innovative solutions are emerging says Sam Barrett

Work in progress

1 January Corporate Adviser

The Frost / Black review has called for tax breaks for return to work services - the onus is now on the industry to show it can create a product that will work. Anna Scott reports

Healthy preoccupation

1 January Corporate Adviser

Occupational health should be given far greater prominance in future, sys the Frost/Black review. Anna Scott finds out that it could mean for intermediaries

Open season on referral

1 December Corporate Adviser

Bupa’s decision to move to open referral will change the dynamics of the group PMI sector says Neil Atkinson, senior consultant at NMG Consulting

Premiums at a tipping point

1 December Corporate Adviser

Rising healthcare premiums could be pushing the group PMI market to a tipping point. Sam Barrett ponders the future

Self-help is engaging

1 November Corporate Adviser

Self-insurance offers employers a different way of engaging with their healthcare scheme. Emma Lunn finds intermediaries in positive mood

Limits of cancer coverage in private medical plans still unclear

1 November Corporate Adviser

Elements of cancer cover and care are confusing to corporate decision makers selecting medical plans, as well as claimants covered by those plans, according to research from Mercer.

A tipping point for IPT

1 November Corporate Adviser

Self-funded healthcare would be one of the few beneficiaries of an increase in insurance premium tax, and 10 percent would be a tipping point. Emma Lunn reports

A sustainable trajectory?

1 November Corporate Adviser

Its boom time for cash plans in an otherwise difficult benefits market. But is some product pricing flying too close to the sun? Sam Barrett investigates

Overseas aid

1 October Corporate Adviser

Insurers are offering innovative ways to help protect expat staff in a volatile world says Sam Barrett

A fundamental shift

1 October Corporate Adviser

The way the public want to access health benefits is changing and cash plans will play an increasing role, says Phil Wood, marketing and sales director at Health Shield

Compare and contrast

1 October Corporate Adviser | By John Greenwood

The industry is in dispute over whether health and wellbeing can reduce PMI premiums. John Greenwood reports

Value in needs-based consultancy

1 Sept Corporate Adviser

Needs-based consultancy can show employers the true value of healthcare benefits says Adam Beckett, sales and marketing director, Aviva UK Health

End of terms blues

1 Sept Corporate Adviser

Is level commission set to become the norm in the group PMI sector? Sam Barrett investigates

Advice – a prescription for PMI’s ills

1 August Corporate Adviser

Employees are starting to get disillusioned with PMI. But quality advice can solve many of their problems says Debbie Kleiner-Gaines, AMII executive committee treasurer and MD of Best Health UK

Call for transparency

1 August Corporate Adviser

Claims history disclosure has been a matter of dispute between providers and intermediaries for years. Sam Barrett senses growing frustration amongst advisers