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Hot topics : 2006

In "Hot topics", Ian Youngman, Private Healthcare UK's health insurance writer, examines some of the key issues that affect health insurance coverage and premiums.

Local or international health insurance cover for expatriates? UK citizens working or living abroad, appreciate the case for buying private medical insurance. The number of policyholders is increasing at around 15 per cent a year, despite premium rises above...
After the High Court rules against Bupa on Irish health insurance risk equalization - are expat covers legal? If you are, or are considering, working or living as an expatriate in Ireland- you need to be aware of the current state of play on health insurance.To be perfectly honest, there are now more...
Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) - A rip off? The investigations The Office of Fair Trading has said that consumers are suffering from overpriced Payment Protection Insurance (PPI). The OFT has referred it to the Competition Commission, on the...
Payment protection insurance: Is the new Post Office product good value? The Post Office has launched payment protection insurance. Lifestyle Protection is designed to be more flexible and fairer than standard PPI products. Alan Cook, managing director at the Post Office,...
Health insurance : Can supermarkets sell health insurance? Many reports of the launch of Tesco into individual private medical insurance suggest this is the first time a supermarket has tried this type of insurance The truth is that both ASDA and...
Smoking and health insurance : How does it affect your premium? If you are a smoker, how does it affect your healthcare insurance premium? Where should you go to get the best rate? By 2007, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland will all have bans on...
Medical insurance in Spain: A medical helpline for expats Spain is Britain's favourite location when it comes to buying a holiday home in Europe and the Spanish Ministry of Tourism expects a further one million foreigners to establish homes on beautiful...
Hypertension treatment : New health insurance scheme for sufferers Saga have introduced optional health insurance cover for people suffering from hypertension and undergoing high blood pressure treatment. Hypertension (high blood pressure) will affect around 30% of...
The government will not pay your mortgage if you cannot Millions of Britons think the government will pay their mortgage if they are unable to, new research on mortgage payment protection reveals. According to figures from Lincoln Financial Group, some...
European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) : What does it cover? From January 2006, all UK residents travelling to Europe need a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) in order to receive necessary healthcare while visiting an EEA country or Switzerland. BUT if...
Living abroad? Don't forget your expatriate health insurance Changes to pension rules from April could help accelerate the trend for UK citizens who are self-employed or retired, to move overseas. The most popular destinations to move to are Spain, France,...
Long term care: a looming problem Almost nine in ten British families (89%) are not prepared to financially support their parents in old age according to new research from Engage Mutual Assurance. With around 850,000 three-generation...
Discounts on health screens with private medical insurance Soon, after much discussion and debate, the NHS may be offering all of us regular health checks. Publicity has likened these to the annual checks on older cars, so they have been dubbed "Health...
European Health Insurance Card As the holiday season approaches it is a good time to remind all travellers of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which has just had its second birthday. The European Health Insurance Card...
Dental insurance boosted by growth of private dentistry Will dental insurance become as prevalent as private medical insurance with the "decline" in NHS dentistry? Who do you believe? The government when it says it is recruiting more dentists or...
Can your weight affect your insurance premium? January is the time of year when we all feel the results of too much food and drink and too little exercise. If you have piled on the weight there is a good financial reason to shed a few pounds. If...
Don't bite too hard into that Easter Egg! Around one in ten dentists, 2000 individuals, have left the NHS Many of those who did sign to the new regulations from Ist April, did so as they had too little time to consider their options. Many...