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Health insurance news : August 2007

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

Spain Sagrada Familia
Although introduced in March, getting any new rules in Spain to be operational takes time. At last, the changes have just reached the provinces.   UK expats wishing to make a new life in Spain...
BUPA Hospitals logo
European Union antitrust regulators have approved the proposed sale of BUPA's British hospital division to Cinven Ltd., a private equity firm also based in Britain.   In a statement, the European...
BUPA logo
  Two BUPA Health Insurance teams are getting ready to get their hands dirty on Wednesday 29th August.They are set to clean up what is currently an overgrown area for local children at Brownlow...
Unum
Leading income protection insurer Unum has criticised Defaqto’s recent report on the product   An unhappy insurer says the report ignores the hard work insurers have been putting in to...
defaqto
Insurer apathy is the biggest threat to the development of the income protection insurance market and the cause for the current sales slump, leading financial research company Defaqto warns in a new...
The Insurance Surgery
The Insurance Surgery is expanding to new larger premises with effect from Wednesday 29th August 2007, new contact details are;-   King Edward House 1 Jordangate Macclesfield SK10 1ES  ...
norwich union healthcare
Norwich Union has launched its Equity Release Promise Service and added fixed interest rates and flat rate application fees to its equity release range.   The Equity Release Service Promise...
Quinn Group
Quinn Healthcare, who recently bought BUPA’s Irish health insurance business, has a novel idea that UK insurers may want to copy.   Quinn Direct, an insurer that operates in Ireland and the...
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MBF Australia Ltd has said no to a potential takeover from BUPA and decided instead on a share market listing.   But the fate of MBF is far from sealed, with UK-based BUPA understood to be...
Paymentshield
  Paymentshield has withdrawn an income protection insurance product that provided protection to policyholders for the duration of their illness.   Chris Traynor, sales and marketing...
Royal Liver logo
  ROYAL Liver, the Liverpool-based insurer, has decided to go it alone, ending talks with the UK's largest mutual life and pensions company, Royal London.   A merger would have been the...
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Legal & General, a leading insurer, stresses the importance of income protection to small businesses.   Bonnie Burns, Legal & General’s Protection Product Marketing Director says,...
Medical Tourism Authority logo
It is an association made up of the top international hospitals, insurers, educational institutions, other affiliated companies and industries for the common purpose of increasing the awareness...
Moneysupermarket travel insurance and health insur
Youth is wasted on the young - but insurance is not, says new research from moneysupermarket.com that shows the average age to buy critical illness cover is 33.   The research highlights it is...
AA logo
  With the big holiday rush following the end of the school summer term, AA Insurance has not only slashed premiums for online customers but is offering free cover for kids, too.   The AA...
Latvia - doctor money in pocket
Michael Moore, director of "Fahrenheit 9/11," the highest grossing documentary of all time, sets his sights on the American healthcare system and the corruption within. His film...
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  Drinking is the last vice to go amongst health-troubled patients, and some believe the obese should not be privy to all forms of healthcare, research from MediCare International has revealed....
Moneysupermarket travel insurance and health insur
  Many British holidaymakers are prepared to run the risk of travelling without insurance, according to new research. A survey conducted by Survey Monkey of 1,011 UK adults showed one in five...
Skandia
Since the launch of Skandia’s critical illness contracts in 1991, a total of 2033 claims have been paid with the total payout now £195 million. Overall, 89% of claims have been paid, with...
Unum
Income protection specialists Unum claims its revolutionary underwriting system could soon mean only one in ten income protection applications will require a GP’s report.   The insurer asks...