Health news: MCD trust fund scheme offers brokers alternative route into PMI
Medical Care Direct (MCD), part of the Skipton Group, has launched a scheme which offers brokers an alternative path into the private medial insurance (PMI) sector.
MCD's new offering, Health Link, has been designed to provide a healthcare trust fund to businesses and organisations with over 100 employees.
According to the broker, the advantages of a healthcare trust were traditionally only really available to those employers with over 1,000 members due to the cost and complexity of their set up process.
Jan Lawson, chairman of MCD said: "The move offers brokers an alternative approach to standard corporate healthcare provision and there are significant
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