Corporate PMI - Going the distance

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As times are getting tough, businesses' endurance levels are being put to the test. Adrian Humphreys outlines the steps necessary to assess corporate healthcare's state of fitness

You cannot pick up a paper or watch the news today without hearing more doom and gloom about the economy. It is stormy out there and getting worse. 'Lazy customers make for lazy businesses'. By and large in this particular patch of sea - the provision of health insurance and administration of corporate healthcare trusts - many large corporate customers could well be perceived as lazy. Premiums have been going up year on year, but many clients are still saying 'more of the same please' and signing up for another year and hoping for the best. This is understandable, if not excusable, when...

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