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Health insurance news: AXA PPP healthcare

AXA PPP healthcare is one of the UK’s largest medical insurance companies and has been providing access to specialist healthcare services for 65 years.

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Average UK funeral costs up again Research commissioned by AXA Sun Life Direct shows that the average cost of a standard UK funeral is now £2,549, up 6.6% on 2007. 77% of funerals are cremations, average cost £2,287. Burials average cost is £2,811.
AXA PPP Healthcare considers insurance to fund NHS top-ups Fergus Craig of AXA PPP healthcare says; “We will be studying the new guidance carefully to ensure our top-up offering fully complements their NHS care. We expect to make this available very soon.”
AXA comments on the Department of Health decision on top-ups Top-ups dp not create a two-tier system - but a move towards a high performing balanced healthcare system that draws on the best of the NHS and the independent healthcare sector. With ever increasing demand for healthcare services, insurers are playing an important part in helping to meet the nation's healthcare needs
AXA will publish claims statistics AXA is the latest insurer to promise to publish statistics that show the number of consumer income protection (IP) claims that it pays and declines. The insurer believes that publishing claims statistics is a good thing and something that it intends to do in the future.
Women's employment grows but attitudes to financial protection are stuck in the 1970s Nearly half of all working women in Great Britain do not have any form of financial protection, despite a significant increase in their economic activity over the past 30 years and the dramatic rise in female breadwinners.
Trend for moving abroad increases as up to 500,000 prepare for exodus this year As many as half a million people could be leaving the UK to become expatriates by the end of the year, reports AXA PPP healthcare. It is difficult to use forecast figures, but there is no doubt that the trend for moving abroad is increasing.
Sickness presence sweeps Britain Nearly three quarters go to work despite feeling so ill they could legitimately stay at home, a survey of Britain's working wounded shows.
Private healthcare for kids is now more affordable than ever Parents can now get affordable, quality health care cover helping to protect what is precious to them with Tesco Child Health Plan. And as an introductory offer, Tesco is offering customers 25% off in the first year, lowering premiums to just £7.49 a month for the first child covered.
Tesco launching children's health cover Tesco has a new target market for its insurance products - the under 18s. The supermarket giant, which bought out Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to take full control of its Tesco Personal Finance brand last June, is launching the Tesco Child Health Plan. It will be one of the few private medical insurance products for children on the market.
Expatriates considering new countries AXA PPP Healthcare says that enquiries for international healthcare suggest that ex-pats are now considering new destinations such as Bulgaria to take advantage of much cheaper living costs and regular sunny weather that rivals the French Riviera. Cyprus has experienced a strong surge in the first six months of 2008 whereas enquiries from Spain have fallen by 18 per cent, perhaps reflecting...
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 the recent decision by the Government's drugs watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to licence the drug for use in the early stages of breast cancer. This vital...
Tesco guarantee 20% saving on health insurance Tesco launched health insurance in January and as a special offer to mark the launch of Tesco Health Insurance Finest Cover, it guarantees to cut premiums for customers who already have health insurance with Bupa, Standard Life Healthcare and Norwich Union Healthcare. The offer does not apply to AXA PPP healthcare customers, as that company is the insurer for Tesco Health. Until 16 October,...
New report on cost of private medical insurance A new Defaqto report into the cost of private medical insurance reveals PruHealth's approach can result in premiums that are up to 44 per cent cheaper than competitors in the first year. Independent researchers Defaqto analysed the premiums charged by five of the UK's leading PMI providers – PruHealth, AXA PPP, Norwich Union, BUPA and Standard Life – and found first-year premiums can vary by as...
Velcade (Bortezomib) : Insurers will pay for new cancer drug Several leading private medical insurers have confirmed that, unlike the NHS, they will pay for a new drug for cancer sufferers. Bupa, Norwich Union, AXA PPPhealthcare, PruHealth and WPA, have said they will pay for policyholders to receive a cancer treatment drug Velcade. Velcade, also called bortezomib, is recommended for use in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, countries across Europe and...
Joint advertising campaign to promote private healthcare For the first time ever, a group of insurers and independent hospitals have combined to launch a major television and newspaper advertising campaign to promote the benefits of private healthcare. Six of Britain's leading private hospital and health insurance companies have joined forces to champion the benefits of private healthcare. AXA PPP healthcare, BMI Healthcare, BUPA Hospitals, BUPA...
AXA PPP healthcare on approved NHS list AXA PPP healthcare is one of only 14 private firms approved to help primary care trusts (PCTs) in England commission services for patients. The firms could offer help in areas such as data analysis, but not get involved in the delivery of direct patient care. The new agreement - the Framework for procuring External Support for Commissioners (FESC) - is designed to help PCTs keep the costs of...
New nutrition and fitness website Leading health insurer AXA PPP healthcare has launched a new Nutrition and Fitness website accessible through the main AXA PPP healthcare homepage. http://nutritionandfitness.axappphealthcare.co.uk It provides a variety of information available for different lifestyles aimed to suit almost everyone's needs. Healthy Eating - You are what you eat! This section aims to help you develop a more...
AXA PPP healthcare charity sponsorship AXA PPP healthcare, one of the UK's leading providers of private medical insurance, has just signed up as a sponsor of the Kent & Medway Walking Bus Group. As well as announcing this step into charity sponsorship, the insurance company is making a donation of £5000 to support the work done by the group. The Walking Bus project organised walk-to-school schemes in Kent, through which...
AXA buys Legal & General's private medical insurance business Legal & General has sold its private medical insurance business to AXA PPP healthcare. Legal and General has been providing PMI for more than 10 years, mainly for individuals and small businesses. The insurer will close to new PMI business at the end of February. It will process any new applications received between now and then until the end of March. Existing policies will cease to be...
Health insurer offers free membership at LA Fitness Health insurer AXA PPP Healthcare is offering six months' free membership at LA Fitness, worth £290, to anyone who signs up for a year's health insurance before 28 February. LA Fitness has more than 88 clubs and over a quarter of a million members all over the United Kingdom. You save £100 on the joining fee, and get 25% off the normal monthly gym rate if you join for an additional...

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