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News : July 2007

Private Healthcare UK keeps you up to date with the latest news and developments in private treatment in the UK.

Partial payouts on critical illness claims Norwich Union supports the Friends Provident move to pay out a proportion of all claims that may otherwise have been turned down due to unrelated non-disclosure. The insurer says it has adopted a...
Norwich Union brand may be axed According to reports in local and financial newspapers, Aviva's new chief executive Andrew Moss is understood to be considering axing the Norwich Union brand altogether in favour of simply using the...
Price cuts on critical illness rates LV= has announced reductions to many of its critical illness premium rates. In some cases rates have been reduced by up to almost 30%, and across both guaranteed and reviewable combined life and...
Non-disclosure the biggest issue in protection Non-disclosure is the most important issue facing the protection industry, according to Nick Kirwan, chairman of the ABI Protection Committee. Nick Kirwan says: The most important issue for the...
A first on critical illness non-disclosure Friends Provident will pay a proportion of a critical illness claim where unrelated non-disclosure has happened. This initiative means that provided the non-disclosure is not related to the cause of...
Firms agree to change the way they sell payment protection insurance over the internet Banks, building societies and other finance firms have agreed to change the way they sell payment protection insurance over the internet, following action by the industry regulator Financial Services...
New Dubai expatriate health insurance law in six months A new health insurance law for Dubai is expected to take six months to formulate. The proposed Dubai health insurance scheme, covering UAE nationals, residents and visitors, comes on the heels of the...
Equity Red Star launches family personal accident cover Equity Red Star is launching a new family personal accident policy for sale via insurance brokers. Colin Mansfield, Equity's accident and health underwriting manager says: "Recent government...
Direct Line warns travel insurance customers over disclosing conditions Holidaymakers with pre-existing health conditions must be honest with insurers when they buy travel cover, stresses insurer Direct Line. If you omit or forget to disclose your condition to your...
Denplan does good deeds for local community groups Winchester-based dental insurer Denplan teamed up with the Volunteer Centre in Winchester for the first Denplan Community Action Day on July 6, where 70 members of staff took part in various...
Paymentcare customers acknowledge income protection savings The average saving made by customers choosing payment protection insurance from independent provider Paymentcare rather than their lender is a whopping £2,739.77, an in-house survey alleges....
Pilot to tackle non-disclosure on existing customer policies Norwich Union is taking a groundbreaking approach to drive down the number of critical illness and life insurance claims rejected due to "non-disclosure". In an industry first, the insurer is...
Chase Templeton buys Preferred Medical Preferred Medical, the specialist private medical insurance intermediary, based in Bridgwater in Somerset, has been acquired by Chase Templeton Group for an undisclosed sum. Following the deal,...
Synergy Protect menu plan relaunched Synergy Financial Products Limited has relaunched the menu plan Synergy Protect. The life, critical illness and income protection insurance elements of this plan are underwritten by Prudential...
Westfield charity donations for brain scanners Westfield Health has kick-started the next stage of a major appeal to bring three groundbreaking brain scanners to Sheffield. Westfield donated £20,000 to Neurocare's 'Brainwave Appeal', a campaign...
Money off Post Office travel insurance policies This summer, the Post Office is offering money off its travel insurance policies. From July 2 until August 31, prices on annual travel multi-trip policies will be cut by £10 per person. Single trip...
Pioneer launches new income protection plan for professionals Pioneer has launched a new income protection product exclusively for professionals. Premiums for the Professional Income Protection plan will be based on age; guaranteed ,and state benefits will not...
Expat cover better than country specific Choosing an expatriate healthcare plan can offer more security than country-specific cover, according to Norwich Union Healthcare. Tailored expatriate cover also carries more protection than some of...
Consumer confusion over equity release More than half of Britons do not have a clue what equity release actually is, according to the latest research from Norwich Union, the market-leading provider in the equity release sector. In a...
Income protection for rent Most people have heard of mortgage payment protection insurance but few know they can get insurance to protect their rental fees, says AntInsurance. The short-term income protection insurance...

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