The elephant in the room

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The current subject on brokers' lips is PMI claims transparency, yet this was banned from discussion at a recent AMII meeting. In the absence of proper debate, Insurance Age's Liz McMahon brings viewpoints together

Over recent years, the debate over claims data sharing in the private medical insurance (PMI) sector has never been off the table. However, rather than everyone breaking bread, the debate has been hit by famine. The situation is now at the point where, in order for healthcare insurers to even entertain sitting down together, the subject of claims data sharing must be completely absent from the agenda. The absurdity of this situation became clear when the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) requested its brokers submit potential topics for discussion. Claims data sha...

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