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Health insurance news : June 2006

Private Healthcare UK keeps you up to date with the latest information on new health insurance plans, product developments and scheme changes.

New web sites for Expatriate Health Insurance in Spain If you are a UK citizen who lives in or is moving to Spain, it makes life a lot easier if you can speak Spanish. Even if you are a fluent Spanish speaker, you may still be uncomfortable with using...
Herceptin news: Another insurer agrees to pay for Herceptin AXA PPP Healthcare has agreed to cover the cost of the groundbreaking breast cancer drug Herceptin. Policyholders will be covered for 12 or 36 months, depending on what cover they have. This follows...
Bupa enters pension term assurance market Bupa has entered the pension term assurance market with a product giving access to a helpline and medical advice. Its Term Assurance With Tax Relief (TAWTR) cover gives policyholders 24/7 access to a...
Improved private medical insurance from PruHealth Innovative private health insurer, PruHealth is enhancing its PruHealth range from Ist July. Fairer underwritingVitality Underwriting will take into account current medical conditions and how healthy...
Leading Critical Illness and Income Protection Insurer to go Public Leading insurer, Standard Life, once one of the staunchest defenders of mutuality, has taken two major steps to becoming a public company.Shareholders and The Court of Sessions in Scotland have both...
Leading income protection and critical illness insurer, Scottish Provident is sold Bank group Abbey has sold its insurance companies to Resolution. This includes leading income protection and critical illness insurer, Scottish Provident.Resolution intends to provide further...
Are you paying more than you need for mortgage payment protection? If you have a mortgage of loan, you may well have mortgage payment protection insurance. Most providers suggest very heavily that you ought to take it out. Some go so far as to automatically include...
New private medical insurance plan for families from WPA According to insurer WPA, most people with private medical insurance cover hardly ever use it. On the other hand, they want to know that if the worst happens, they have the security of comprehensive...
New individual private medical insurance plan from BCWA. Health insurer BCWA has launched Personal Health, a new Individual Private Medical Insurance plan. It is flexible and affordable while making the claims process simpler for members by removing the...
Liverpool Victoria introduces teleunderwriting to income protection Liverpool Victoria has extended its teleunderwriting service to all its income protection plans. Teleunderwriting is not a way for insurance underwriters to work while watching the World Cup, but a...
More flexible private medical insurance plan launched Legal & General has launched a new private medical insurance plan, HealthCare Choices, designed to meet the needs of customers who are looking for more flexibility in their healthcare...
Freedom Healthnet launches Diamond Plus Innovative medical treatment plan provider Freedom Healthnet has a new option for those choosing the top of the range Diamond version of its Freedom Individual policy. Diamond Plus offers a range of...
Financing long term care still remains unclear The Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill aims to give older and disabled people choice over where they live, but financing long term care still remains unclear. So rather than be taken into a...
Expatriate health insurance compulsory in UAE (United Arab Emirates) The government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has announced a new law, which will affect over half a million, expatriates, the majority of whom are from the UK. Any UK expatriate, whether employed or...
FSA makes recommendations on critical illness cover Do you remember school reports? How often did they say, " Could do better if worked harder”? Insurance providers get a version of school reports, with reviews from financial regulator...
YouGov survey: Confidence in NHS hits a new low Public confidence in the NHS has evaporated in the past 12 months. Growing anger over waiting times and the vast amount of money being spent on pay deals rather than frontline services, has annoyed...
Award winning international health insurance Specialist international health insurance provider, William Russell, won plaudits at a recent annual offshore financial service awards ceremony. The Surrey based company was joint winner in "...
Insurers will need to amend income protection policies in line with retirement age The government’s intention to raise the state retirement age up to 68 by 2044, means that insurers will need to increase the expiry age of new and existing income protection products to...
Private medical insurance is more affordable than you think According to recent research by PatientChoice, 80% of the UK population say that cost is the top reason for not investing in private health insurance. PatientChoice is an innovative provider of...