TYING THE KNOT - Valerie Levene joins forces with The Private Health Partnership Ltd

Valerie Levene Private Medical Insurance Adviser based in North London has joined forces with The Private Health Partnership Ltd, part of Skipton Building Society group.

Valerie Levene's business was established in 1993 and currently looks after in excess of 350 company healthcare schemes in addition to individual schemes - every client coming from personal recommendations. Her business will assume The Private Health Partnership Ltd brand and Valerie Levene will continue to have a 'hands on' consultancy role with both new and existing clients.

Valerie Levene said, "Merging my business with The Private Health Partnership Ltd is excellent news for my clients. The pressures that the forthcoming increased regulations will bring to our industry will affect the time a healthcare intermediary has available for servicing clients. But by working with a much larger intermediary, who themselves have a very sound financial 'parent', will enable us to concentrate on ensuring my clients continue to receive an excellent level of service for which we are respected, whilst all the new regulatory requirements are met."

Valerie Levene was voted Best Small Group PMI (private medical insurance) Intermediary at the industry's Health Insurance Awards for two consecutive years, 2001 and 2002.

Peter Bye, Director of The Private Health Partnership Ltd said, "Working with Valerie is a tremendous endorsement to our business because she is well known in the industry as providing quality and her awards are testament to that. Future regulation will add greater pressures and costs on the smaller intermediary and I can see many more intermediaries looking at ways to help them spread the burden of compliance."