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Health insurance news : December 2006

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

The John Lewis Partnership teams up with Friends Provident   From 2007 Friends Provident will offer life assurance policies to Greenbee customers.   Insurance company Friends Provident...
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According to BUPA's annual Health of the Nation survey, almost one in ten of over-65s are still refusing to believe they should think about their care needs. Britons are refusing to face the reality...
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For its Self Assurance life range, including Self Assurance Term Personal and Self Assurance Mortgage , 92% of prices have fallen on sums insured above £100,000. Some price falls are up to 25%....
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Leading health cash  and dental insurer HSA has given £100,000 to the Alzheimers Society national helpline. The helpline  0845 3000 336 handles 24,000 calls a year from sufferers,...
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Health insurer Royal Liver is calling for the Association of British Insurers to introduce minimum standards for tele-underwriting which all insurers must adhere to.   Royal Liver believes there...
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  Many directors of small companies understand the benefit private medical insurance can bring. It helps their health and their business by ensuring they get treated quickly.   While buying...
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Denplan, the UK’s leading dental plan specialist has launched two new company dental plans to complement its existing portfolio of products. Essential Plus and Extensive Plus build on the...
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Eight out of ten people think that moving abroad was the best decision they ever made.   The findings come following a survey of BUPA International members from around the world on their views on...
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BUPA has pledged to help make a difference to people's health with one of the biggest corporate donations of its kind.   BUPA is giving £9million to health, health education, research and...
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The first provider to announce a permanent withdrawal from the market is Lutine Assurance Services.   Lutine offered Pension Term Assurance product in partnership with Scottish Friendly...
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Despite what you may have read on other web sites, in the trade press, national and local papers and heard or seen, NO insurer has yet confirmed they have permanently withdrawn from offering Pension...
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After only a year since launch, the Prudential’s Property Value Release Plan has made it a hat trick of awards for 2006. Having won awards with Moneyfacts and Mortgage Strategy already this...
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Against a background of radical change in NHS dentistry, WPA has seen a significant growth in people taking up dental insurance throughout 2006. WPA has responded to customer feedback to extend...
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BUPA, Britain’s biggest medical insurer has declared war on surgeons who charge too much. It plans to set up networks of approved surgeons, first in ophthalmology and later in orthopedics and...
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An initiative by Norwich Union Life to cut end-to-end times for illness claims has reduced previous waiting periods by up to two weeks, the insurer has revealed. The approach is being used for...
From 1st January 2007 the individual Direct Healthcare and business cover Cashback health cash plans are being improved. Details will be first sent to existing members during December 2006. The aim of...
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Resolution Life, owners of Scottish Provident International Life Assurance (SPILA), has confirmed press speculation that a competitor may acquire it. The company acquired SPILA from the Abbey Group in...
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Customers with a Flexible Health, Flexible Health Freelance or Professional Health policy will now be able to extend their Essential cover with Essential Plus. Flexible Health is a shared risk shared...
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Health insurer PruHealth reveals the nation’s lunchtime habits, which are far from healthy, and a sad indictment of our workaholic society. One in five employees are afraid of taking a full...
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On the 28th November 2006, insurer Scottish Widows held an exclusive event in Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the iconic Widow. As part of the celebrations - in...