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Health insurance news: The Co-operative Insurance

The Co-operative Insurance is a brand name, insurances are underwritten by various group companies all within The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS). The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) is part of The Co-operative Group, the UK's largest consumer co-operative. The company believes in ethical values and has worked on numerous campaigns and projects all over the world to put ethics into action to make a difference. The only insurance company in the world to have a customer-led  ethical investment policy. The grassroots programme has provided free football coaching for 14000 children in the UK.



Recent news

  • Co-op to offer Medicash plans in stores Medicash logoThe Co-operative Group is to sell health care cash plans to customers in its food and pharmacy stores. The retailer will offer Medicash plans from £6.50 per month.
  • CIS is no more CIS logoCIS, the trading name of Co-operative Insurance Society Limited, is gone. The new trading name for insurance is The Co-operative Insurance.
  • Be prepared if life has a nasty surprise in store CIS logoDuring Male Cancer Awareness Month leading protection insurer, The Co-operative Insurance, is urging both men and women to look at the range of life assurance plans available and protect themselves against a variety of life-altering events. The Co-operative Insurance lists some useful tips when finding the right life insurance plan, who should take them out and the pitfalls that should be...
  • Stop smoking start saving on life protection CIS logoRecent research from Co-operative Insurance (CIS) has found that the average British smoker spends just over £2,000 a year funding their smoking habit – that's a breathtaking £121,000 in a lifetime! Taking into account that on average a single person smokes 436,800 cigarettes from 21,840 packets purchased, CIS is urging consumers to finally kick the habit and save some money.
  • Health insurance companies make customer pledge 26 health insurance companies have signed up to the Customer Impact Scheme, an initiative to provide excellent standards of service to purchasers of income protection and critical illness insurance plans. Each insurer has pledged to:Develop and promote products and services that meet the needs of customers Provide customers with clear information and good service when they buy products Provide...
  • Give up smoking and save money CIS logoInsurer, Co-operative Insurance (CIS) is urging smokers to kick the habit and save money as well as their health. According to official statistics around 12 million (1 in 4) adults in the UK could save over £1,800 a year by giving up cigarettes. In the case of a smoking couple that saving could rise to a staggering figure of over £3,000 per year. In addition to the money saved by...
  • Income Protection : Protection planning being ignored by those who need it most CIS logoResearch by Co-operative Insurance (CIS) found that an astonishing fifty-seven per cent of 25-34 year olds would not be able to afford their monthly outgoings if they were off work for a prolonged period of time. In a survey of over 1,500 people across the UK, CIS found that key life-changing moments such as buying a house, getting married or having a baby, are not acting as the trigger they...
  • Co-Operative Group adds free legal helpline for 2 million customers CIS logoAcross its range of products, including insurance (CIS - Co-operative Insurance Society), the Co-Operative Group has added a free legal services helpline from its own new subsidiary - Co-Operative Legal Services. Related linksCIS company profileCritical illness insurance from CISIncome protection insurance from CIS Health Insurance : News update: November 2006
  • Pre paid funeral plans : Tackling death as the ultimate health risk CIS logoIn a bid to combat the taboo surrounding death, Co-operative Insurance (CIS) and Co-operative Funeralcare have joined forces to launch Funeral Plan, giving people the assurance that they have set out their funeral wishes – and made sound financial provision to meet the costs. As the UK's leading funeral director with access to over 1,200 funeral homes across the country, Co-operative Funeralcare...
  • Income Protection and Critical Illness Insurance : CIS urges, " dig your head out of the sand" CIS logoInsurer Co-operative Insurance(CIS) is urging people to 'dig your head out of the sand' and take immediate action to assess your protection needs. According to CIS, the frightening fact is that one in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during our lives. This is one of the truly shocking statistics of modern life and one of the most memorable so why do so many of us do nothing...