UK Insurance Trends

ActiveQuote Reports Spike in Private Health Demand

The number of health insurance policies sold through ActiveQuote have more than doubled since Covid 19. The UK protection comparison service and broker recorded a 104% rise in sales between April and September. And consumer […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Willis Towers Watson Sees Rising Healthcare Costs For Employers

As everyone in the UK who has any sort of serious medical condition knows, the NHS has basically hidden behind closed doors since late March, making it very difficult for anyone to see specialists or […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Healthcare: General & Medical Offer 6 Months Free Child Cover

After months of disruption, children are returning to the classroom this month as schools prepare to reopen. This year’s ‘Back to School’ message is somewhat different to previous years, with all the new procedures and […]

News

NHS Staff Go Private, as Waiting Lists, Covid Fear & Self-Isolating Hit Home

With routine operations delayed and NHS waiting lists growing as a result of the first wave of Covid-19, even NHS doctors are turning to private health insurance to give them and their families priority access […]

News

Lloyd’s Syndicate Will Insure Covid-19 Vaccine Storage & Transit

Lloyd’s, the world’s leading specialist insurance and reinsurance market, today announced the creation and in principle approval of its newest “syndicate in a box,” Syndicate 1796, set up to insure the storage and transportation of […]

Legal

Back Rub By Phone? Dodgy Physio Struck Off After Insurers Investigate

A physiotherapist has been struck from the HCPC register following an investigation by Keoghs and Mulsanne Insurance. The physiotherapist had previously been handed an 18-month suspension by the Healthcare Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS). The original […]

News

Gallagher Offers COVID-19 Insurance for Indian Market, T&Cs Apply

International insurance and risk management organisation, Gallagher, has announced the release of a Pandemic Group Insurance product, introducing a comprehensive COVID-19 indemnity cover solution to the India market. For essential workers and front-line services including hospital and […]