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Health insurance news: WPA

WPA, an independent UK organisation based in Somerset, is a long established provider of UK health insurance. It looks after around half a million people, providing health insurance cover for individuals and companies. It won The British Insurance Award for Customer Care in 2005.

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WPA offers moratorium underwriting On its Flexible Health range of private medical insurance products for individuals, WPA now also offers moratorium underwriting.
WPA 2012 offer on individual private health insurance plans WPA has a new offer for people buying one of the following plans: Flexible Health - for busy people, XS Health - for younger people, Active Health - for active retirees
WPA now tops up the costs of NHS Dental Care WPA has enhanced dental plan Providental to benefit NHS customers wishing to supplement their NHS dental care, as it offers 100% reimbursement for all dental treatment costs incurred as an NHS patient.
Smaller firms urged to cut absenteeism and boost staff satisfaction through private health insurance A business support organisation is urging smaller companies to consider taking out private medical insurance for their employees.
WPA relaunches NHS top-up cash plan WPA has relaunched a NHS top-up cash plan for individuals and companies. Those staying in an NHS hospital can claim towards visitor car-parking costs.
WPA improves private medical policies Health insurer WPA has re-launched its individual private medical insurance products, with the aim of reducing premiums while maintaining benefits.
WPA becomes first UK insurer be accredited for information security Private medical insurer WPA has become first UK insurer be accredited for information security and one of the country's first financial services companies awarded the British and International Standard for Information Security (BSI ISO/IEC 27001:2005), considered the benchmark for protecting sensitive and valuable information.
New policy for cancer drugs that may be denied on the NHS Health insurer WPA has launched mycancerdrugs - a new form of insurance giving access to life-saving cancer drugs denied by the NHS. Many cancer drugs are licensed for use by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) but are not available to patients on the NHS in England and Wales. Scotland has more available, but there are still several drugs, including Avastin for bowel cancer and Sutent for kidney...
Expect more top-up PMI in 2009 The government's recent decision to allow patients to top up their NHS care with private treatment has been warmly welcomed by health insurers. Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced earlier in the month that patients who paid for drugs not available to them on the NHS would no longer lose their right to NHS care.
WPA expects others to offer top-up policies Only one insurer, WPA, is currently offering a top-ups policy. WPA launched its product 18 months ago and now has several different options available, one of which covers cancer drugs.
NHS ban on top-ups is removed Patients who choose to top-up their existing care will no longer be denied treatment on the NHS, following the Secretary of State for Health's complete adoption of the recommendations laid out in the Richards Review.
WPA supports Financial Ombudsman plan to name and shame offenders Julian Stainton of health insurer WPA who has long campaigned for this says, It is a marvellous step forward. It is disgraceful that for so long this information has been kept secret. Without any qualitative information on financial companies all customers have to go by is price.
WPA to fund legal challenge on drugs WPA, the health insurer, has pledged to fund a legal challenge for any of its policyholders who are denied NHS care if they 'top up', having obtained a QC's opinion that this policy is unlawful. The need to make private provision for the unexpected costs of a life-threatening illness was underscored with more evidence of erratic gaps in NHS funding for cancer drugs.
WPA seeks 20 new franchisees Health insurer WPA has launched its nationwide recruitment campaign and is looking for 20 franchisees who will treat customers fairly in accordance with the WPA culture. An insurer within the private client, small and large corporate markets for over 100 years, WPA has earned a reputation as a provider of excellent customer service for 300,000 customers.
New PMI policy uses savings vehicles Health insurer WPA has launched a private medical insurance plan that uses savings vehicles such as ISAs to help customers pay for the excess. Health-e-ISA, uses WPA's existing high excess policies - 1XS (for families) and XSHealth (for individuals) - with a £1,500 excess option.
Employees to swap stilettos for slippers on Friday 1 February To support Samaritans Stress Down Day, employees across the UK will be switching off their email and wearing their slippers to work. Bupa and WPA are supporting the event and allowing employees to wear slippers, sell detox smoothies, sponsor colleagues to turn off emails for a couple of hours and create a chill out zone. Private medical insurance: News update: February 2008 Related linksWPA -...
Bupa response to launch of mycancerdrugs Commenting on the launch of WPA's mycancerdrugs - Fiona Harris, of Bupa says: "When it comes to cancer, finding out what's wrong with you quickly is vital because the sooner you are diagnosed, the better your chances of recovery. The WPA cancer plan provides cover for a list of cancer drugs. But drugs are just one element of cancer care. At Bupa we offer full refund for cancer diagnosis and...
Private medical insurance in Scotland: Scots pay less and claim less Scots paying for private medical insurance make half as many claims on their policies as their counterparts south of the Border. Health insurer, Western Provident Association (WPA), says that although the number of people buying their health insurance in Scotland has soared in the past year, there are fewer claims per head. WPA suggests that in Scotland, prices are about 20% lower than in...
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...
WPA wins top national award Tauntonbased health insurer WPA has been recognised as Britain's most innovative healthcare provider. It scooped the accolade at the Laing & Buisson National Awards ceremony. The prestigious award was for it Mycancerdrugs initiative, introduced in May to give the public access to expensive cancer drugs currently denied by the NHS in England. It is the second successive year when WPA has been...

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