Health insurance news : August 2006

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

NHS dental treatment : 62% expect NHS dentistry to get worse
	Nearly two thirds of people believe NHS dentistry will get worse or completely disappear within the next five years, new research has shown. A survey by health plan provider HSA has revealed that 62...

Critical Illness Insurance : Consumers lack understanding

Consumers have a worrying lack of understanding around the critical illness application process, according to a survey by critical illness insurers Scottish Equitable Protect . Of the 1,536 people...

Critical Illness Insurance : Liverpool Victoria reduces prices

Friendly society Liverpool Victoria has reduced most prices for critical illness bought within its MIMI menu plan, except for smokers with long policy periods. Related links An overview of...

Income Protection Insurance : BUPA reduces prices
	BUPA has cut income protection prices. BUPA is reducing its premiums by up to 30 percent. For a female accountant, non-smoker aged 30 and with a retirement age of 60, the monthly premium...

LTC-Lifetime Mortgages : Prudential launches sales team
	Insurer Prudential will introduce a dedicated sales team for Lifetime Mortgages to visit clients at home from October 2006. This new sales team complements Pru’s existing online direct...

Private medical insurance : Standard Life Healthcare changes
	Following the demutualisation of the parent company, and their own move to Bournemouth, Standard Life Healthcare are changing every item of literature. The name Standard Life will be...

Critical Illness Insurance : 30 days from financial crisis, says Prudential
	According to research from Prudential, 18 per cent of Britain’s workers were signed off last year due to long-term illness. Despite this, 36 per cent have little or no savings to...

Critical Illness Insurance : Norwich Union cuts prices
	Norwich Union Life has cut prices on many of its combined Life and Critical Illness policies For Life and Critical Illness cover For premiums on a guaranteed basis, there is an average decrease...

Private medical insurance for small companies: Improvements to Norwich Union Healthcare products
	From Ist September, there are improvements to the Solutions private medical insurance product for small companies. The option for GP Referred Services now has an overall limit of £1000,...

Health cash and income protection plans: Win a £1500 Center Parcs voucher
	Foresters are offering the opportunity to win a Center Parcs voucher to the value of £1,500, to use towards the cost of a Center Parcs short break for you and your family or friends anywhere...

Income protection : AXA makes Protection Account more available
	Menu product, AXA Protection Account, is now easier to find. Although still not available direct, AXA is making its protection proposition available via a large number of financial and insurance...

New insurance scheme for cancer sufferers
	Those who are affected by lung cancer and find it difficult to get insurance because of their pre-existing medical condition are set to benefit from a new insurance service launched by The Roy Castle...

Pioneer releases income protection plan statistics
	Pioneer Friendly Society has lived up to its name and become the first insurer to reveal its declined income protection claims statistics. By revealing its claims statistics, Pioneer is helping...

Legal and General cuts prices on income protection/critical illness plans
	Legal and General has repriced a range of income protection and life with critical illness products. Most prices have been cut. The income protection policy affected is Family and Personal...

NHS dental treatment : Demand for company dental plans rising
	The ongoing dispute over NHS dentists' contracts is making it even harder for patients to find a dentist in the UK and many employees are now showing an interest in company dental plans as a result....

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