Opinion

Private Health Insurance: A Vital Part of Employee Happiness

Chris Cunnington is Employee Benefits and Business Protection Manager at insurance broker, Russell Scanlan. He is seeing a rise in enquiries and in take-up from businesses exploring the benefits of the private health insurance as […]

Insurance claims

HSE Report: Patient Died After Series of Falls in Scottish Hospital

Latest case report from the Health and Safety Executive; A health board has been fined £180,000 after a patient died while being treated at a hospital. Colin Lloyd, 78, was brought to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, […]

News

ABI Suggests Affordable Solutions to Social Care Problem

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has identified problems for people wanting to use insurance or a pension to pay for social care, as well as solutions to address them, using research commissioned from the Pensions Policy […]

Insurance claims

BUPA Care Homes Fined 400K Over Poor Tree Maintenance

Latest case report from the Health and Safety Executive; A care home provider has been fined £400k after an eight-year-old girl suffered catastrophic injuries when a tree fell on her. Bupa Care Homes (CFHCare) Limited […]

UK Insurance Trends

UK Trends: Concierge Health Insurance Set To Grow

You can argue all day about the problems inherent within the NHS, but the fact remains that demand for private healthcare, especially when an emergency situation develops, is set to grow as an insurance product. […]

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Petpals Aims to Raise Standards in Pet Boarding Sector

Petpals, the UK’s longest-established, multi-service pet-care franchise, has partnered with a number of other leading pet-care franchises to put the welfare of pets at the forefront of the £3.1 billion industry. Forming a new regulatory […]