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Corporate Advisor Awards, December 2011
We are proud to announce that Premier Choice Employee Benefits has been shortlisted for the following category Group Income Protection Adviser of the Year!
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Corporate Advisor, May 2011
Dual Threat To Independent Advice
Insurers offering cheaper premiums through direct sales forces are making a mockery of independent PMI brokers, says Mike Izzard.
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Moneywise.co.uk, Apr 2011
Don't Be Caught By Medical No-Claims Discounts
Mike Izzard contributes to an article on the importance of understanding no claims discounts.
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Financial Advisor, Mar 2011
Aegon Chief Executive Jumps Over To Lead ABI Trade Body
Wayne Jackson of Premier Choice comments on ABI's new appointment.
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Moneywise , Mar 2011
Hammered By Medical Insurance
An insight into the recent trend for insurers to offer no-claims discounts to put people off claiming.
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InsuranceAge.co.uk, Mar 2011
Abiding By The Rules
A recent article on the growing legislation within the insurance industry.
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The Guardian, Jan 2011
How To Keep Fit On The Cheap
Mike Izzard contributes to an article on health & fitness in 2011
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Corporate Advisor, Dec 2010
Supporting SME's
SME Healthcare has remained stable thanks to increased competition says Mike Izzard.
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Daily Mail, Nov 2010
How To Pay For The Cancer Drugs The NHS Won't Fund
Mike Izzard comments in a recent article for the Daily Mail's 'Money Mail' .
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Corporate Advisor, Oct 2010
Breaks That Would Benefit Everyone
Now is the time for the PMI industry to push for tax breaks says Mike Izzard.
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Business Magazine, Oct 2010
Private Medical Insurance Cover For Employees
An insight into the current trends of Company PMI policies by Mike Izzard.
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Corporate Advisor, Sept 2010
Update from the PMI Industry
Mike Izzard gives his latest insights into the current state iof the PMI industry.
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FT Advisor, July 2010
PMI Must Keep Up With Future Of Regulation
The private healthcare industry needs a major overhaul to prepare for the future, says Mike Izzard. > Click here to read more online
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AMII election - A legacy to be proud of
With an election approaching, it is time for all good men and women to consider what lies ahead for the future of the private medical insurance marketplace. > Click here to read more online
> Click here to download the article (PDF)Corporate Adviser, February 2010
Pressure all round
The coming decade will see PMI insurers get increasingly risk averse. Advisers must be prepared for change says Mike Izzard, chairman of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries.
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Health Insurance magazine - Silver Briefing, October 2009
Intermediaries and providers committed to success of cash plan market post-recession
Health cash plans could provide employers and intermediaries with a lifeline during the recession, but providers and advisers will have to continue to work hard to keep the momentum when the upswing in the economy eventually arrives.
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Health Insurance magazine, October 2009
Promoting professionalism and best practice within PMI
AMII chairman Mike Izzard comments on exciting developments ahead for PMI specialists.
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Health Insurance magazine, October 2009
Critical illness - A reputation in recovery
Critical illness insurance might not be the bête-noire of the consumer financial press it once was, but sales are still falling. Five past winners of the Health Insurance Critical Illness Intermediary of the Year Award, and one key media commentator, discuss why they think this is.
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Health Insurance magazine, October 2009
Absence Management - EAPs and mental health
In the wake of court cases highlighting the fact that EAPs are not a panacea for discharging duty of care, Madeleine Davies assesses what employers can do to address mental ill-health in the workplace.
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Insurance Age, October 2009
Don't let your health suffer in recession
As the financial squeeze on the family’s finances gets tighter, latest figures show people’s health is beginning to suffer because nearly two-thirds of the public can no longer afford to pay for some of their healthcare needs.
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Insurance Age, October 2009
Off the agenda: AMII PMI meeting vetoes transparency discussions
The thorny subject of claims data sharing was banned from discussion at a meeting of private medical insurers held by the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII).
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Premier Choice Group News Release, October 2009
Branko Bjelobaba joins Premier Choice Board
The Premier Choice Group, an independent private health & protection insurance broker, has appointed Branko Bjelobaba as a Non-Executive Director.
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Employee Benefits Magazine, October 2009
Interview: Private thoughts on insurance
Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries chairman Mike Izzard tells Tom Washington how private medical insurance is maintaining its status as a prized asset of reward.
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Insurance Age, September 2009
Industry rift over regulator participation in PMI e-trading, by Liz McMohan
Broker delegates feel e-trading in the SME PMI market is trailing behind the rest of the general insurance sector. Should the regulator step in and shake things up?
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Cover Magazine, September 2009
Aviva's 'Back up' gets warm welcome, by Paul Robertson
Aviva has received positive reaction on going live with 'Back up', a case management initiative for back injury for individual and small group private medical insurance customers.
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Financial Times, June 2009
Pick 'n' mix cover lowers medical premiums, by Josephine Cumbo
Private medical insurers are launching "budget" policies or are offering cash benefits worth thousands of pounds to private patients who use the National Health Service.
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AMII Newsline, May 2009
The Newsletter for the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries
Inside Issue 1: Branko's Compliance Column, International Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Professional Indemnity and more...
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Corporate Advisor, May 2009
A little disclosure can make all the difference, by Sam Barrett
Claims experience is an essential piece of information when insurers price a risk. Knowing whether the policyholder has made a claim can give a good picture of the type of risk the insurer is taking on and enable it to be priced accurately.
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Daily Mail, May 2009
Pain relief on health insurance, by Rosanna Spero
Customers are exchanging policies in their droves as soaring medical inflation pushes premiums up by as much as 10 per cent.
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Financial Times, April 2009
Is it worth keeping medical insurance? by Steve Lodge
Look at ways to reduce your PMI premiums rather than opting to "self-insure", especially in the current economic climate where government finances are stretched, meaning NHS funding is likely to face continuing pressure.
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Telegraph, April 2009
Keep cover portable if you want to hit the road again
Insurance advisors have long underlined the importance of "portable" cover for expatriates. And recent events would seem to justify this advice.
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Financial Times, March 2009
Companies pass on health savings to staff
The premium gap between company medical insurance and individual cover is widening, with thousands of employees now enjoying chunky rate reductions not offered elsewhere...
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Health Insurance magazine, January 2009
In Focus - Private hospitals, by Edmund Tirbutt
In the current economic climate, with people having less money to spend of private healthcare, could the insurance industry be set to benefit?
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Corporate Advisor, January 2009
Untangling top-ups, by Sam Barrett
The government's decision to allow patients to top-up their healthcare, means the health insurance industry will play a key roll in ensuring access to the best healthcare and drugs for most people.
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Cover Magazine, December 2008
Marking the boundaries. Mike Izzard explains the effect on AMII memberships firms
The introduction of principles-based regulation has resulted in more open relationships between intermediaries and customers.
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Cover Magazine, December 2008
Claims opennness on agenda
Insurers will meet on 21 January to discuss differences over whether to make an insured firms claims history available to other insurers, therefore allowing accurate quoting by rival firms.
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Corporate advisor, December 2008
Top-up clarity brings potential, by John Greenwood
Health secretary Alan Johnson's decision to allow patients to top-up State care with drugs brought privately has been hailed as opening new potential markets provided insurers can design the right products.
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Financial Times, November 2008
Cost of private medical cover could fall by Josephine Cumbo
The cost of private medical cover for cancer may fall after the government this week pledged to make more expensive treatments available on the NHS.
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The COVER Excellence Awards 2008
Plaisterers’ Hall in London,1st October 2008
The COVER excellence awards is the benchmark for the protection and health insurance industry and this year will be no exception.
Premier Choice group won the following awards:-
E-Business Initiative of the Year Cover Excellence Awards 2008 - Starfish Compliance System
Highly Commended (Runner Up) Health Insurance Intermediary of the Year
- Cover Excellence Awards 2008
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The Health Insurance Awards 2008
Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane, 16th October, 2008
The Health Insurance Awards 2008 saw 880 industry professionals attend a glittering ceremony at the Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane. Premier Choice group won the following:-
Highly Commended (runner up) for Best Business Initiative Intermediary 2008 - Toolbox Automated Data System
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LONDON (Reuters), Wed Jun 4, 2008
Insuring your smile... the options
"NHS funding is going south in a big way -- the number of NHS dentists is dropping and access to dental work from the NHS is diminishing all the time," says Mike Izzard, MD of Premier Choice Group and chairman of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII).
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The Times, May 22, 2008
Is private medical insurance always worth it?
Mike Izzard, MD of Premier Choice Group and chairman of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII), says: "Choosing PMI is a minefield. It is a very complicated market and is too important to get wrong. It is not like buying car insurance. If you get your health cover wrong, you are messing with life and death."
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Cover, April 2008
"The probable next chairman of AMII, Mike Izzard talks to Lucy Quinton about his plans to inject a double dose of energy into the organisation..."
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A Prescription For Change
"Mike Izzard wants the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries to be a force for change. The new AMII chairman tells John Greenwood, of Corporate Advisor magazine, how he intends to make it happen..."
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