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Health insurance news : November 2007

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

Hungary Dental - dentist
More than a quarter of a million people have lost access to an NHS dentist since the government introduced reforms in April 2006, new figures show. According to the Information Centre, the number of...
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People over the age of 50 may be more likely to take holidays as they have an increased amount of leisure time, say Age Concern. On average, this demographic tends to be better off financially and is...
Advice for those travelling to Pakistan-get insura
The FCO is issuing advice to all British travellers choosing to visit Pakistan.   Specific advice is being aimed at members of the Sikh community who may be travelling to the country to celebrate...
Castle Cover
Insurance lead broker Call Connection has linked with a leading insurance provider within the niche over 80s insurance market, to capitalise on the UK’s aging population and a lack of adequate...
Standard life logo - new
  Standard Life has scrapped its £4.9bn battle for Resolution - a move widely anticipated after a drop in its shares slashed the value of its bid.   Standard's move marks its withdrawal...
supermarket shopping trolley
New customers taking out Life Insurance through Sainsbury's by 29th January 2008 will receive 5,000 Nectar points, worth £25.   Sainsbury’s life insurance premiums start from as little...
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PruHealth, the innovative private medical insurer, has partnered with eBay.co.uk, the UK’s largest online marketplace, to offer Vitality points on items purchased in the Sporting Goods category....
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Prudential has moved equity release into the mainstream for retirement planning with the launch of the Prudential Lifetime Mortgage (PLTM).   Bringing together two distinct plans within a single...
MRSA bug
Fair Investment Company says enquiries for private medical insurance more than doubled in September compared with the August following an increase in hospital superbugs and long waiting lists on the...
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A Liverpool hospice is holding a water aerobics marathon to raise vital funds.   St Joseph’s in Thornton, known as Jospice, will take over Crosby leisure centre on January 3 for the event....
elderly patient long term care
Lincoln Financial Group has launched a new product designed to cover against typical ailments of old age.   The cover, called Elderly Care, can be sold on a stand-alone basis or as a part of a...
Term Life preferred to Whole Life insurance
Protection specialists LifeSearch highlight five simple ways to save money on life cover premiums.   1 Shop around 2 Switch existing insurer 3 Act early 4 Quit Smoking 5 Consider Family Income...
Troops forced to pay life insurance
Troops are being forced to pay up to £1,000 for life cover when fighting overseas. Faced with rising death and injury tolls in Iraq and Afghanistan, insurers have nearly trebled some of the...
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Legal & General is extending the maximum sum assured for personal critical illness cover to £1m. Customers will also be able to take out an additional £1m business protection on top of...
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Significantly more people insure their possessions than their life, according to Legal & General. In a recent poll, two thirds of people (66%) said that they have home contents insurance compared...
Eifel tower france
The expat community is in uproar over changes to the French healthcare system that mean some Britons are being forced to move back to the UK   Some Britons suffering from cancer who have retired...
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Bahraini  employees will eventually be included in a compulsory health insurance scheme currently being drawn up for expatriates. But Bahrainis would still be allowed free use of the national...
Expatriates residing in Dubai and the Northern Emirates will be covered by a health insurance system from next year, under a federal insurance law.   By 2008, a federal law on health insurance...
Don't get drunk on holiday: Alcohol 'invalidates'
A new insurance website is launching with the aim of becoming one of the top personal lines intermediaries by 2010.   Insurewithease.com officially launches this month, opening its insurance...
Friends Provident
The likelihood that insurer Friends Provident will be sold or even broken up, increase dramatically as the embattled insurer embarks on a full-scale two-month strategic review after the departure of...