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The popularity of retiring to the sun and the marchof globalisation has created opportunities in theinternational PMI market. Peter Madigan reports

For advisers working in the private medical insurance (PMI) field, looking back at the health of the market in the last few years makes depressing reading. With stagnant sales, rising premiums and nothing to suggest a turnaround any time soon, even the most hardened healthcare specialists are becoming disheartened. One area that may offer valuable new business however is the international PMI market, a sector larg- ely neglected by the majority of intermediaries advising on domestic healthcare options. Those in the market are reporting strong growth in both the individual and corporate a...

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