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|  | Insurance company trade body The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched a draft guide on critical illness insurance, which aims to help consumers better understand what it does and the... |
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|  | In the middle of the price war for life assurance, Roger Edwards of insurer Bright Grey would like to remind you about Family Income Benefits: “Family income benefit accounts for a mere 5% of... |
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|  | Ace Europe has gained Financial Services Authority approval for the establishment of a new London based life insurance company. Ace Europe Life will trade as Ace Life. The new Life... |
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|  | Innovative private medical insurer, PruHealth, has upgraded its gym offering bringing it closer to the company’s core philosophy of rewarding members for being healthy. The concept is... |
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|  | Offering a less rosy view of the NHS than Michael Moore is Helen Evans, director of Nurses for Reform, a pan-European network of nurses dedicated to consumer-oriented reform of European health-care... |
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| Legendary consumer crusader Michael Moore has a new movie, "Sicko.", all about the U.S. health-care and insurance industry. It profiles a number of Americans with insurance who have... |
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|  | AXA Insurance Gulf has received its medical licence from the General Authority for Health Services (GAHS) in Abu Dhabi. The licence has been issued in view of the law passed by the GAHS earlier... |
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|  | For many people the smoking ban that comes into effect on 1 July 2007 does not a come moment too soon. However, for those still struggling with the idea of a smoke-free England, innovative... |
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| British Islamic Insurance Holdings, a company with $38mn of capital provided by Arabian Gulf investors, plans to be the first stand-alone insurer to offer UK Muslims cover that complies with their... |
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|  | Leslie Smith, founder, managing director, chairman, and driving force behind Medibroker Ltd, the UK insurance agency that specialises in providing medical insurance, has retired from the company... |
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|  | Unum has introduced a new underwriting approach to its individual income protection products that focuses on how people deal with illnesses, rather than on what illnesses they have had. The... |
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|  | Sales of the mycancerdrugs insurance plan, which covers the cost of licensed drugs the NHS refuses to pay for, are exceeding expectations, according insurer WPA. Media coverage relating to the... |
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|  | Norwich Union Healthcare has opened a new occupational health clinic in London. The clinic, which performs health screenings, pre-employment medicals, pro-active absence and sickness... |
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|  | Saga, which sells holidays and other products to the over-50s, is to buy motoring giant AA for £3.4 billion. The merged company will have more than 11,000 employees. Private equity... |
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|  | LV= has reduced around 90% of its term life assurance premium rates. On Level Term policies, 93% of prices have been reduced with 7% increased. On Decreasing Term policies, 90% of prices... |
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|  | Alzheimer’s awareness week from 1-7 July, is a time to think of the benefits of critical illness cover. In February, The London School of Economics and Institute of Psychiatry revealed... |
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|  | For the first time in recent years, the number of subscribers to personal Private Medical Insurance policies has gone up. Latest figures from insurance trade association ABI show that in 2006,... |
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|  | International health insurance provider, Goodhealth Worldwide’s new office in Shanghai has launched its first healthcare product for the expatriate market in China in a partnership with China... |
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|  | Tomorrow has launched an equity release lifetime mortgage online quotes system on the Tomorrow website. The online quote system will enable financial advisers to receive live quotes 24 hours a... |
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|  | As part of its ongoing commitment to offer top quality service, Scottish Provident has appointed medicals services provider, Medicals Direct. Medicals Direct is an established provider of... |
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