In todays episode of PMICast I inferred that WPA are the only insurer that offers an individual community rated product. What I meant to say was they're the main insurer I deal with who does - of course others do offer this style of plan : CS Healthcare and Exeter for example (as was quite rightly pointed out to me this afternoon by a colleague) - I think I mention later in the podcast that many insurers offer a mixed or no claims discount style of plan - hoping that listeners would pick up on the point that not all do - I should have been more explicit - however the nature of the podcast medium is that the broadcaster often speaks in an unscripted way, off the cuff and every now and then an inadvertent, perceived inaccuracy creeps in.
Sorry !
I'll add a quick note to episode ten mentioning this too.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
PMICast Episode 9 now live
We're rapidly moving towards the 10th episode of PMICast - honestly I thought with the time it took to set up things I'd never get past eps 2 or 3 but in actual fact it's been much easier and yes, fun, than I expected.
The original monthly goal for each episode has been replaced by a weekly schedule (although with the Bank Holiday this week and and 'busyness' issues I am two days behind with the recording and upload - but better late than never !). In addition we've also made a couple of improvements to the podcast site so please go and check it out.
Ep 9 continues on with the theme begun last week which was discussion of key issues for individual purchasers of medical insurance and here I talk you through some of the logistics of reviewing an existing PMI policy and how the 'no underwriting' or CME (continued medical exclusions) switch process might work and also a brief overview of no claims discounts on medical insurance policies.
In the news section we briefly discuss Simply Health's new SME proposition launching in July this year and also a brief hint on important upgrades to my professional introducer process to make it more robust, transparent and professional.
Find the podcast on iTunes (search under 'pmicast') or at www.pmicast.podbean.com
Enjoy !
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The original monthly goal for each episode has been replaced by a weekly schedule (although with the Bank Holiday this week and and 'busyness' issues I am two days behind with the recording and upload - but better late than never !). In addition we've also made a couple of improvements to the podcast site so please go and check it out.
Ep 9 continues on with the theme begun last week which was discussion of key issues for individual purchasers of medical insurance and here I talk you through some of the logistics of reviewing an existing PMI policy and how the 'no underwriting' or CME (continued medical exclusions) switch process might work and also a brief overview of no claims discounts on medical insurance policies.
In the news section we briefly discuss Simply Health's new SME proposition launching in July this year and also a brief hint on important upgrades to my professional introducer process to make it more robust, transparent and professional.
Find the podcast on iTunes (search under 'pmicast') or at www.pmicast.podbean.com
Enjoy !
__________
If you're interested in a free review of your medical insurance cover (family or company paid) please get in touch :
Tel - 07792 075748 or 0113 3474395
Follow my Talk Health blog at : www.talkhealthpartnership.com/blog/2013/04/nhs-versus-private-healthcare-a-personal-journey/
Twitter - localventure1 and philknightpch
Video Podcast - You Tube Channel : pkn439
Audio Podcast - www.pmicast.podbean.com & www.whereswilson.podbean.com - both available on iTunes
Linkedin Profile : uk.linkedin.com/pub/philip-knight/1a/b47/58b/
Google Plus : https://plus.google.com/116316601747539224729/posts
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/philip.knight.775
Phil Knight
Independent Healthcare Consultant
I'm a totally independent healthcare intermediary with 20 years market experience, not tied to any insurer, fully FCA regulated and part of the Premier Choice Healthcare Group. FCA Number 312878
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Outdoor Blogging
Following a meeting this morning I am in Otley (small market town neat Leeds) having the brakes and tyres checked on my car by my local Kwikfit branch. As no formal appointment was available I dropped the car off at 11.30 and have to wait. It's now 13.41 and no word yet.
I am however blogging from the nearby Garden of Remembrance (with benches, quiet and out of the way whilst still bring just 50 feet from Kwikfit). Normally I would find a local coffee shop and camp out there - however when I found a place earlier this morning with free wifi and sat down to order lunch and a drink I happened to ask if they accepted credit cards. Apparently free wifi is ok but the ability to accept a debit or credit card has not yet percolated to Otley's cafe culture yet. So I had to leave and just went to the local Sainsbury and bought my lunch there.
Is it really any wonder that small businesses go bust when I'm left in the daft position of spending less money at a national supermarket chain than I would at a local cafe just for sake of convenience ?
Monday, 6 May 2013
International Private Medical Insurance
This is a bit of a 'cheaty' post.
I'm actually writing this over the weekend with a view to posting it on Tuesday as my daily business post. Advance posts are not usually something I like to do as I usually post about what is relevant to me a the minute - often expanding on something that has happened to me during the day or I've come across in the media or on Twitter - I think it keeps the blog more spontaneous, diverse and interesting that way.
However, having been busy over the Bank Holiday weekend and then I know I'm out of the office all day today I thought I'd make a quick post on the subjecy of one of my meetings : International PMI.
This is a subject that is not a massive daily part of my practice but I do have a range of clients across the world including india and the far east, the USA, Caribbean and of course France and across parts of Europe so I regularly look at iPMI both for existing and new clients.
It is an interesting product area - more complex and technical perhaps than UK PMI with slightly different issues to watch out for both for me as an advisor and also for the clients - in general cover is more expensive but tends to be more comprehensive for two reasons - firstly, it needs to be (who wants to get caught whilst working or living abroad without the NHS as a back stop) and also because we tend to be dealing with companies or high net worth individuals they will have the income/resource to pay the premiums and ergo demand better cover.
Having said the market is more technical it's also less mature than the UK market and as such the providers (who with one or two exceptions are different from the UK insurers - AXA PPP, Aviva and BUPA are all active in the sector to varying degrees of competence) tend to be more affable in terms of client support and also bespoking or flexing a proposition for larger clients - in other words there is a high degree of compliance as the insurers compete to acquire non standard business.
iPMI is a subject I will return to here and also on the podcast (PMICast available on iTunes and at www.pmicast.podbean.com it's not a massively lucrative area for me but clients need support when considering setting up a non UK policy and there is a dearth of qualified and experienced advisors in this sector.
I'm actually writing this over the weekend with a view to posting it on Tuesday as my daily business post. Advance posts are not usually something I like to do as I usually post about what is relevant to me a the minute - often expanding on something that has happened to me during the day or I've come across in the media or on Twitter - I think it keeps the blog more spontaneous, diverse and interesting that way.
However, having been busy over the Bank Holiday weekend and then I know I'm out of the office all day today I thought I'd make a quick post on the subjecy of one of my meetings : International PMI.
This is a subject that is not a massive daily part of my practice but I do have a range of clients across the world including india and the far east, the USA, Caribbean and of course France and across parts of Europe so I regularly look at iPMI both for existing and new clients.
It is an interesting product area - more complex and technical perhaps than UK PMI with slightly different issues to watch out for both for me as an advisor and also for the clients - in general cover is more expensive but tends to be more comprehensive for two reasons - firstly, it needs to be (who wants to get caught whilst working or living abroad without the NHS as a back stop) and also because we tend to be dealing with companies or high net worth individuals they will have the income/resource to pay the premiums and ergo demand better cover.
Having said the market is more technical it's also less mature than the UK market and as such the providers (who with one or two exceptions are different from the UK insurers - AXA PPP, Aviva and BUPA are all active in the sector to varying degrees of competence) tend to be more affable in terms of client support and also bespoking or flexing a proposition for larger clients - in other words there is a high degree of compliance as the insurers compete to acquire non standard business.
iPMI is a subject I will return to here and also on the podcast (PMICast available on iTunes and at www.pmicast.podbean.com it's not a massively lucrative area for me but clients need support when considering setting up a non UK policy and there is a dearth of qualified and experienced advisors in this sector.
Sunday, 5 May 2013
A Skeptical Approach to Medicine - Part 2
A brief update for Bank Holiday Monday - I have just uploaded my latest blog post for Talk Health - all my posts at this site (the largest on-line health resource in the UK) at :
www.talkhealthpartnership.com/blog/author/phil-knight/
This is the second of the articles covering a bit of my background as a skeptic but focusing on on how skepticism as a world view can free the mind from the shackles imposed by the media and the 'prevailing view' and enable us to understand the world around us. Obviously given the nature of the blog I'm focusing in on the medical side of things and discussing vaccination, alternative medicine, autism and so forth.
www.talkhealthpartnership.com/blog/author/phil-knight/
This is the second of the articles covering a bit of my background as a skeptic but focusing on on how skepticism as a world view can free the mind from the shackles imposed by the media and the 'prevailing view' and enable us to understand the world around us. Obviously given the nature of the blog I'm focusing in on the medical side of things and discussing vaccination, alternative medicine, autism and so forth.
Now is a good time to review your medical insurance
It's actually always a good time to review your personal or group medical insurance.
If you don't have cover in place already what PMI (private medical insurance) does is enable you hould you or anyone covered become ill, to receive quick effective diagnostic and treatment support at a time that suits you with the treatment provider you want to see in a nice, local, clean, modern private hospital.
In short, there are no waiting lists, you have total choice about who treats you, where and when. Plus you know that you and your loved ones are protected against the nasties : heart problems, cancer, major orthopaedic problems and of course all the small niggling problems that might not be life threatening but are annoying and for which the NHS when it does get round to treating you will take an age to establish what the problem is and make you wait for the privilege.
In a company paid context having medical insurance cover for your employees means two things - first of all it is a great perk to ensure a bit of staff loyalty, making your employees feel appreciated - and of course helping with recruitment and retention. Plus, secondly and vitally if your staff are ill (and by definition off work) they can be treated quickly and effectively - this means less inconvenient time off work, staff downtime generally and all associated costs such as : locum staff to cover absence, re-training temporarily deployed staff, lost sales or client, sick pay and so the list goes on. I would argue that compared to the costs of having one or two key staff members off sick the annual cost for PMI of around £ 300 to £ 600 per person (on group cover) makes company paid PMI a 'no brainer' at least for key staff, managers and directors.
Fora those with current plans in place you need to ask yourself the following key questions :
1) When was the cover last reviewed
2) Do the plan benefits and structure still suit your requirements
3) Has the insurer dealt with you fairly and offered a good service
4) Who deals with your PMI cover - do they know what they are talking about and are they available when you need to discuss your cover. In particular, is there an on-going service or have they moved on to the next sale ?
You see I would view medical insurance as vital for my clients and making sure everything about the plan works properly is important - medical insurance plans go out of date, insurers inevitably charge more to existing clients than new purchasers and frankly, things go wrong in terms of admin and sometimes claims and this may need to be put right or altered.
So it is always a good time to look at your medical insurance cover - contact me for a full review of either a new plan for you, your family or your company. Alternatively, if your plan is coming up for renewal in the next two or three months get in touch - it's likely I can help save you money or enhance benefits or indeed often both !
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If you don't have cover in place already what PMI (private medical insurance) does is enable you hould you or anyone covered become ill, to receive quick effective diagnostic and treatment support at a time that suits you with the treatment provider you want to see in a nice, local, clean, modern private hospital.
In short, there are no waiting lists, you have total choice about who treats you, where and when. Plus you know that you and your loved ones are protected against the nasties : heart problems, cancer, major orthopaedic problems and of course all the small niggling problems that might not be life threatening but are annoying and for which the NHS when it does get round to treating you will take an age to establish what the problem is and make you wait for the privilege.
In a company paid context having medical insurance cover for your employees means two things - first of all it is a great perk to ensure a bit of staff loyalty, making your employees feel appreciated - and of course helping with recruitment and retention. Plus, secondly and vitally if your staff are ill (and by definition off work) they can be treated quickly and effectively - this means less inconvenient time off work, staff downtime generally and all associated costs such as : locum staff to cover absence, re-training temporarily deployed staff, lost sales or client, sick pay and so the list goes on. I would argue that compared to the costs of having one or two key staff members off sick the annual cost for PMI of around £ 300 to £ 600 per person (on group cover) makes company paid PMI a 'no brainer' at least for key staff, managers and directors.
Fora those with current plans in place you need to ask yourself the following key questions :
1) When was the cover last reviewed
2) Do the plan benefits and structure still suit your requirements
3) Has the insurer dealt with you fairly and offered a good service
4) Who deals with your PMI cover - do they know what they are talking about and are they available when you need to discuss your cover. In particular, is there an on-going service or have they moved on to the next sale ?
You see I would view medical insurance as vital for my clients and making sure everything about the plan works properly is important - medical insurance plans go out of date, insurers inevitably charge more to existing clients than new purchasers and frankly, things go wrong in terms of admin and sometimes claims and this may need to be put right or altered.
So it is always a good time to look at your medical insurance cover - contact me for a full review of either a new plan for you, your family or your company. Alternatively, if your plan is coming up for renewal in the next two or three months get in touch - it's likely I can help save you money or enhance benefits or indeed often both !
__________
If you're interested in a free review of your medical insurance cover (family or company paid) please get in touch :
Tel - 07792 075748 or 0113 3474395
Follow my Talk Health blog at : www.talkhealthpartnership.com/blog/2013/04/nhs-versus-private-healthcare-a-personal-journey/
Twitter - localventure1 and philknightpch
Video Podcast - You Tube Channel : pkn439
Audio Podcast - www.pmicast.podbean.com & www.whereswilson.podbean.com - both available on iTunes
Linkedin Profile : uk.linkedin.com/pub/philip-knight/1a/b47/58b/
Google Plus : https://plus.google.com/116316601747539224729/posts
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/philip.knight.775
Phil Knight
Independent Healthcare Consultant
I'm a totally independent healthcare intermediary with 20 years market experience, not tied to any insurer, fully FCA regulated and part of the Premier Choice Healthcare Group. FCA Number 312878
Friday, 3 May 2013
Professionalism over administration
I work with a lot of professional introducers. At the moment my work with them and their clients is probably taking up over 60% to 70% of my working time so as you would guess I have a lot invested in making those on-going introducer relationships both successful and lucrative.
My FCA compliance provider is in the process of updating their introducer registration and agreement process to make it more robust, transparent and compliant. This clearly means more forms and more work for me and also possibly at outset of the relationship for the introducer themselves.
Most people would view this as a pain and possible barrier to sales and the creation of such arrangements. However, I take a slightly different view. This is not admin for admins's sake - rather it is creating a more professional approach with the prospective new introducer. Demonstrating that we have a system in place that is there to establish theirs and our professional and regulatory credentials. The process therefore ensures everyone knows, at every stage how the client and introducer will be treated and importantly how the financials of an introducer fee work, in detail, in a variety of real world situations (of course I'm primarily talk about clawbacks when I say this).
In a regulated environment a robust system is essential and I often talk to my new professional introducers that we need to build a 'bridge of trust' before they allow me in front of their clients and so the relationship should also work in reverse - the introducer demonstrates they are committed to working with me and are professional in their own right (in this case by completing a pre-agreement fact find for us to establish their regulatory position, identity and so forth along with a more detailed and transparent introducer agreement).
So I would say that the creation of a more coherent professional process is essential and the more professional we all are the better a service, inevitably we are able to provide for introducers clients.
I'd also argue that putting in place a couple more checks and balances will attract a better class of introducers and I'd certainly be comfortable re-vetting any of my existing introducers on the proposed new basis as they are all professional and open to the necessities of working together in the right way.
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My FCA compliance provider is in the process of updating their introducer registration and agreement process to make it more robust, transparent and compliant. This clearly means more forms and more work for me and also possibly at outset of the relationship for the introducer themselves.
Most people would view this as a pain and possible barrier to sales and the creation of such arrangements. However, I take a slightly different view. This is not admin for admins's sake - rather it is creating a more professional approach with the prospective new introducer. Demonstrating that we have a system in place that is there to establish theirs and our professional and regulatory credentials. The process therefore ensures everyone knows, at every stage how the client and introducer will be treated and importantly how the financials of an introducer fee work, in detail, in a variety of real world situations (of course I'm primarily talk about clawbacks when I say this).
In a regulated environment a robust system is essential and I often talk to my new professional introducers that we need to build a 'bridge of trust' before they allow me in front of their clients and so the relationship should also work in reverse - the introducer demonstrates they are committed to working with me and are professional in their own right (in this case by completing a pre-agreement fact find for us to establish their regulatory position, identity and so forth along with a more detailed and transparent introducer agreement).
So I would say that the creation of a more coherent professional process is essential and the more professional we all are the better a service, inevitably we are able to provide for introducers clients.
I'd also argue that putting in place a couple more checks and balances will attract a better class of introducers and I'd certainly be comfortable re-vetting any of my existing introducers on the proposed new basis as they are all professional and open to the necessities of working together in the right way.
__________
If you're interested in a free review of your medical insurance cover (family or company paid) please get in touch :
Tel - 07792 075748 or 0113 3474395
Follow my Talk Health blog at : www.talkhealthpartnership.com/blog/2013/04/nhs-versus-private-healthcare-a-personal-journey/
Twitter - localventure1 and philknightpch
Video Podcast - You Tube Channel : pkn439
Audio Podcast - www.pmicast.podbean.com & www.whereswilson.podbean.com - both available on iTunes
Linkedin Profile : uk.linkedin.com/pub/philip-knight/1a/b47/58b/
Google Plus : https://plus.google.com/116316601747539224729/posts
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/philip.knight.775
Phil Knight
Independent Healthcare Consultant
I'm a totally independent healthcare intermediary with 20 years market experience, not tied to any insurer, fully FCA regulated and part of the Premier Choice Healthcare Group. FCA Number 312878
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Twitter and me
I seem to be picking up some new followers on Twitter these days - I run a number of different accounts so I thought it might be worthwhile just highlighting the key ones so that people know which to follow and which to avoid.
Please feel free to follow any if you want updates on this blog and my two current podcasts - I autotweet new posts and podcasts on to all my accounts.
Localventure1 - this is my main personal account and I also use it for occasional business thoughts. It's the one I use most, mainly from the phone. If you want all my main business tweets plus personal musings on life, science fiction and martial arts this is the one to follow. Be warned though I do not automatically follow people who follow me here - I try and keep my timeline pruned and have a limit of 40 people I'll follow at anyone time - at the moment I'm at 37 and may prune again in the near future - you've got to be interesting to get a follow there !
philknightpch - this is my main work profile - I follow anyone involved in healthcare here and to be honest don't really generate much original content over announcement type tweets as above - it's more of a feed for me to catch up on the industry - if you work in healthcare or related sectors I'll probably follow you if you follow me.
whisky1 - this account is a throw back to an old business I owned, sold but kept the Twitter account. I keep it running as it has several thousand followers so it's a good well of tweeting out to a larger audience.
MLM4docs - this is the account linked to my medico legal business so it's quite niche and at the moment is a fairly quiet account - would suggest it would interest doctors and agency contacts only.
Hope that's of use and I look forward to welcoming you into my Twitterverse soon !
Please feel free to follow any if you want updates on this blog and my two current podcasts - I autotweet new posts and podcasts on to all my accounts.
Localventure1 - this is my main personal account and I also use it for occasional business thoughts. It's the one I use most, mainly from the phone. If you want all my main business tweets plus personal musings on life, science fiction and martial arts this is the one to follow. Be warned though I do not automatically follow people who follow me here - I try and keep my timeline pruned and have a limit of 40 people I'll follow at anyone time - at the moment I'm at 37 and may prune again in the near future - you've got to be interesting to get a follow there !
philknightpch - this is my main work profile - I follow anyone involved in healthcare here and to be honest don't really generate much original content over announcement type tweets as above - it's more of a feed for me to catch up on the industry - if you work in healthcare or related sectors I'll probably follow you if you follow me.
whisky1 - this account is a throw back to an old business I owned, sold but kept the Twitter account. I keep it running as it has several thousand followers so it's a good well of tweeting out to a larger audience.
MLM4docs - this is the account linked to my medico legal business so it's quite niche and at the moment is a fairly quiet account - would suggest it would interest doctors and agency contacts only.
Hope that's of use and I look forward to welcoming you into my Twitterverse soon !
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Rambling evening update
This morning I posted briefly on the first bit of proper warm weather in Leeds and discussed a couple of related issues. This evening I find myself with the Mac Book on my knees this evening catching up on a few bits of work and e-mails plus writing the second part of my 'Skeptical Guide to Medicine' on my Talk Health blog (www.talkhealthpartnership.com/blog/author/phil-knight/ please check this out if you get a minute - the first one has had a very positive response and I'm hoping to get part 2 up on the site in the next few days) so I thought I would - with the help of a half bottle of Rose - put up a new post covering various issues.
Second work out of the week at karate (we train Mondays and Wednesdays) - I'm a 2nd Kyu brown belt at a local Shukokai club in Leeds and I also held a 2nd Dan black belt at Tai Sabaki Do (a small local club, now closed down) - I've practiced karate since 1980 pretty much non stop and enjoy it immensely. However at 42 it can be physically traumatic - at the moment I'm guessing that I will ache a little in the morning ! Really painful feet and finger joints are my problems du jour ! A first for this evening though - as the weather improves we're able to get out of the dojo at the start of training to play bulldogs on the school field (Yeadon Westfield Junior School - where I'm incidentally also a governor!) tonight was the first outside session. A great warm up and a little bit different to keep everyone smiling at the club - I really look forward to getting outside and running around like a mad thing.
As readers may know, I am a total Apple fan-boy (sitting with a Mac Book on my lap typing and an Iphone 5 next to me, Apple TV playing a movie in the background and Mrs Localventure playing Sudoku on my iPad) but I did download the new Google Search app this morning (admittedly the IOS version) which includes Google Now - I will see how this works for me but I have deleted Safari from the dock and instated Google Search instead - hopefully it will be useful and I will probably blog about it if I like it.
I mentioned my PMICast podcast this morning but would like to ask my blog readers to check it out if you get chance - it is the only UK podcast covering medical insurance and related issues. I focus on key issues for my medical insurance practice for both clients (individual and company paid) plus my professional introducers. The podcast is totally unique, short ( no more than 20 minutes, so it shouldn't take up too much of your valuable time) and I think is now finding it's feet in terms of content and general feel - if you get chance please check it out - there are now 8 episodes uploaded with new content every week or so. You can find the podcast on iTunes and at www.pmicast.podbean.com. Theoretically you can obtain it via any pod catcher for smart phone although I'm finding issues with Pocketcast on IOS at the moment although it works fine on the Apple Podcast app. At the moment I'm getting about 2,000 direct downloads from the above website per month with about 1,500 people subscribing to the podcast via iTunes and other sites - however I would really like to expand the listenership so please tell any friends, relatives, acquaintances, colleagues and so forth whether they have PMI (private medical insurance) and need it reviewing, are thinking about this type of cover or simply like to listen to me bang on about a topic I am passionate about for 20 minutes or so every week.
If you cannot face the prospect of a business related podcast then maybe you could try my science fiction and fantasy podcast : Where's Wilson - this one cover Films and TV plus comics, martial arts and really anything we want to discuss. I host the podcast with my daughter Megan (aged 13) and my seven year old : Ryan is our special video games correspondent. It's light hearted and fun and at present there are four episodes uploaded with one pending (we saw Iron Man 3 last weekend and will be reviewing shortly) - again we seem to be finding our feet with this 'cast and listening back to ep 4 I literally laughed out loud three or four times in a 30 minute 'cast. Please check it out at www.whereswilson.podbean.com and also on iTunes.
That's it for the wine fuelled evening ramble - back to normal business content tomorrow.
Thanks
Phil
Second work out of the week at karate (we train Mondays and Wednesdays) - I'm a 2nd Kyu brown belt at a local Shukokai club in Leeds and I also held a 2nd Dan black belt at Tai Sabaki Do (a small local club, now closed down) - I've practiced karate since 1980 pretty much non stop and enjoy it immensely. However at 42 it can be physically traumatic - at the moment I'm guessing that I will ache a little in the morning ! Really painful feet and finger joints are my problems du jour ! A first for this evening though - as the weather improves we're able to get out of the dojo at the start of training to play bulldogs on the school field (Yeadon Westfield Junior School - where I'm incidentally also a governor!) tonight was the first outside session. A great warm up and a little bit different to keep everyone smiling at the club - I really look forward to getting outside and running around like a mad thing.
As readers may know, I am a total Apple fan-boy (sitting with a Mac Book on my lap typing and an Iphone 5 next to me, Apple TV playing a movie in the background and Mrs Localventure playing Sudoku on my iPad) but I did download the new Google Search app this morning (admittedly the IOS version) which includes Google Now - I will see how this works for me but I have deleted Safari from the dock and instated Google Search instead - hopefully it will be useful and I will probably blog about it if I like it.
I mentioned my PMICast podcast this morning but would like to ask my blog readers to check it out if you get chance - it is the only UK podcast covering medical insurance and related issues. I focus on key issues for my medical insurance practice for both clients (individual and company paid) plus my professional introducers. The podcast is totally unique, short ( no more than 20 minutes, so it shouldn't take up too much of your valuable time) and I think is now finding it's feet in terms of content and general feel - if you get chance please check it out - there are now 8 episodes uploaded with new content every week or so. You can find the podcast on iTunes and at www.pmicast.podbean.com. Theoretically you can obtain it via any pod catcher for smart phone although I'm finding issues with Pocketcast on IOS at the moment although it works fine on the Apple Podcast app. At the moment I'm getting about 2,000 direct downloads from the above website per month with about 1,500 people subscribing to the podcast via iTunes and other sites - however I would really like to expand the listenership so please tell any friends, relatives, acquaintances, colleagues and so forth whether they have PMI (private medical insurance) and need it reviewing, are thinking about this type of cover or simply like to listen to me bang on about a topic I am passionate about for 20 minutes or so every week.
If you cannot face the prospect of a business related podcast then maybe you could try my science fiction and fantasy podcast : Where's Wilson - this one cover Films and TV plus comics, martial arts and really anything we want to discuss. I host the podcast with my daughter Megan (aged 13) and my seven year old : Ryan is our special video games correspondent. It's light hearted and fun and at present there are four episodes uploaded with one pending (we saw Iron Man 3 last weekend and will be reviewing shortly) - again we seem to be finding our feet with this 'cast and listening back to ep 4 I literally laughed out loud three or four times in a 30 minute 'cast. Please check it out at www.whereswilson.podbean.com and also on iTunes.
That's it for the wine fuelled evening ramble - back to normal business content tomorrow.
Thanks
Phil
First post for May - welcome to the Spring !
Well it's official, the first day of the year so far I've been able to take my dogs out for a walk (Cocker Spaniel called Muffin and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel : Jasper) without a coat.
Beautiful morning in Leeds today - according to my Yahoo weather app (lovely design and good utility incidentally) a high of 13 degrees to be expected with wall to wall sunshine - Spring it seems has finally arrived.
Why not take advantage of the lovely weather by downloading the latest PMICast episode - ep 8 covers key questions to consider when buying private medical insurance - in fact you could download all 8 episodes (on iTunes and at www.pmicast.podbean.com) and go work in the garden or office car park !
Have a great day and if you can enjoy the nicer weather plus PMICast !
Beautiful morning in Leeds today - according to my Yahoo weather app (lovely design and good utility incidentally) a high of 13 degrees to be expected with wall to wall sunshine - Spring it seems has finally arrived.
Why not take advantage of the lovely weather by downloading the latest PMICast episode - ep 8 covers key questions to consider when buying private medical insurance - in fact you could download all 8 episodes (on iTunes and at www.pmicast.podbean.com) and go work in the garden or office car park !
Have a great day and if you can enjoy the nicer weather plus PMICast !
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