{"id":12469,"date":"2024-11-14T11:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/?p=12469"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:09:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:09:55","slug":"understanding-private-medical-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/understanding-private-medical-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding private medical insurance &#8211; what does it do, how affordable is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>We get to grips with understanding private medical insurance in this FitPro webcast with Kelly Shaw of Aviva and Mark Fisher of FitPro Insurance Services.<\/h2>\n<p>For many fitpros, private medical insurance is a new consideration, and in this webcast, we find out how affordable it really is, what it means if you&#8217;re self employed or employed, and whether you can flow between private medical insurance (PMI) and the NHS.<\/p>\n<h4>In this webcast FitPro&#8217;s director Teresa Wheatley poses these questions to help us understand private medical insurance. Watch the webcast to find out more<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>What could you say to someone who has been on the fence about whether PMI is for them and is it &#8216;really&#8217; affordable?<\/li>\n<li>How long is a typical wait time with PMI?<\/li>\n<li>What might fit pros might need help with? For example, mental health, cancer, menopause<\/li>\n<li>A lot of our members are self-employed, can this work for them? How affordable is it?<\/li>\n<li>Are policies family-friendly?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any exclusions? And what about someone with existing conditions?<\/li>\n<li>Can you flow between NHS and PMI?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FitPro Insurance Services and Aviva Webcast\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yj2qSDjKFDI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12470 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-140x140.png 140w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-4.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>KELLY SHAW &#8211; Regional Sales Manager &#8211; Aviva Health UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As well as being Aviva Regional Sales Manager, Kelly is a healthcare enthusiast, with the aim of helping people live their best lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12471 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-140x140.png 140w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/author-blog-size-5.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>MARK FISHER \u2013 Chief Commercial Officer, PHL Insurance Brokers, FitPro Insurance Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From strategy and operations, to sales and marketing, to underwriting and finance, Mark has experience in all facets of the industry as both business owner, insurer and broker. Mark has worked in the industry for 45-years and is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, holding the designation Chartered Insurance Underwriting Agent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about FitPro&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/insurance\/health-insurance\/\"> private medical insurance here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get to grips with understanding private medical insurance in this FitPro webcast with Kelly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3074],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-webcast"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12469"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12648,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12469\/revisions\/12648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}