Global insurance trends

Healix Partners With HCB Group on Employee Wellbeing Product

Healix Health Services, the healthcare trust specialist, has announced a new partnership with HCB Group to enhance its employer wellbeing services. One of the pioneers of Early Intervention services in the UK & Ireland, HCB […]

Insurance claims

Claims: New Rules See Charges Capped at 20%, New FCA Complaints Regulator

It’s no an April Fool – from today the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be in charge of overseeing the activities of the UK claims management companies (CMC). So everything from your long established PPI […]

News

PolicyBee Finds One Third of Brits Admit to Pulling a Sickie

Research by a leading Suffolk-based digital insurance broker reveals that one third of people admitted to ‘pulling a sickie’ last year. PolicyBee’s research found that the most common cover story for ‘pulling a sickie’ was […]

insurance marketing

Zurich Report Highlights How Brits Have Abandoned Saving for Rainy Days

Long ago Britain was a nation of savers, with a Building Society on every High Street, special savings accounts at banks, Post Offices and millions of people used to join Christmas Clubs, so that they […]

News on travel insurance UK rules set to change soon
Fraud

Computer Says No: Over 2,000 Fake Holiday Sickness Claims Thrown Out

A few years ago crash-for-cash seemed to be the scam of choice, but as technology like dashcams, telematics and automated scanning of people’s social media and Google history has become the norm, many dubious claimants […]

Insurance Regulation

Millions of Holidaymakers Approached Over Bogus Travel Sickness Claims

As many as 9.5 million British adults have been approached about making a compensation claim for being sick while on holiday, says ABTA – the travel industry trade association. ABTA carried out a YouGov survey […]