Health Insurance & Protection

Financial advice supports individuals’ emotional wellbeing, poll shows. A third of people who have not taken financial advice feel anxious about their financial situation

Financial advice supports individuals' emotional wellbeing, poll shows - Health Insurance & Protection Professional financial advice can help people improve their emotional wellbeing by making them feel more confident and financially resilient, research shows. The poll, carried out for Royal London, suggests that advised customers who have an ongoing relationship with their adviser are almost twice a...

RedArc MD Christine Husbands: Fewer claims ‘is not a good thing’ – especially now Industry must ease COVID-19 fears and 'help those who need care to seek it'

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RedArc MD Christine Husbands: Fewer claims 'is not a good thing' - especially now - Health Insurance & Protection A prominent name in the world of health insurance and protection has added her voice to those urging individuals who need health advice, care, support or treatment to seek it – and not to put it off or even cancel it over fears brought on by the COVID-19 crisis. Since the pandemic emerged, there h...

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IT'S HERE: The 2020 Health Insurance & Protection Awards - Health Insurance & Protection After such a challenging year – and with more challenges still to come – the time has come to pause, take stock and celebrate some of the remarkable, vital achievements of the health insurance and protection industry in the face of the pandemic. That is why the Health Insurance & Protection Awar...

Private hospitals soon to be back at full tilt as NHS scales back COVID-19 response

Private hospitals soon to be back at full tilt as NHS scales back COVID-19 panic - Health Insurance & Protection The NHS in England is to end its COVID-19 block-booking arrangement with private and independent sector hospitals. The move has raised fears that NHS waiting lists could grow even more – but hospital trusts will still be purchasing capacity from the private sector, although only a a pay-as-you-go ...

Viewpoint: A matter of Trusts – Implications of the 5th Money Laundering Directive and TRS. The number of protection policies written under trust is still to low - but advisers and providers need to navigate the course of changing regulations with care

Viewpoint: A matter of Trusts - Implications of the 5th Money Laundering Directive and TRS - Health Insurance & Protection In January this year HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and HM Treasury published a technical consultation “Fifth Money Laundering Directive and Trust Registration Service”. The consultation outlined how the government intended to implement changes to the Trust Registration Service (“TRS”) as requi...

. rolls out ‘rapid cardiac assessment service’. Provider wants members to get checked as early as possible.

The proposition provides “a fast route for diagnosing conditions from the safety of their home”.

Bupa rolls out 'rapid cardiac assessment service' - Health Insurance & Protection Bupa UK has rolled out a new “rapid cardiac assessment service” to all its health insurance customers. The insurer and healthcare provider said that the proposition provides “a fast route for diagnosing heart conditions from the safety of their home”. The new service has been introduced amid...

Everyone over 40 could be expected to take out insurance to cover the cost later life care, under radical new plans being drawn up by Government ministers to tackle funding headache

Long-term care insurance back on the table as Prime Minister tackles later life funding headache - Health Insurance & Protection Everyone over the age of 40 could be expected to take out insurance to cover the cost of their care in later life, under radical new plans being drawn up by Government ministers. According to Whitehall sources, the Government hopes individuals will take more responsibility for funding their care and...

Government calls for more opinions on future of IPT
HMRC keen to make regime 'simpler to administer for both industry and Treasury'

Government calls for more opinions on future of IPT - Health Insurance & Protection The Government has said it remains open to further discussions about the future of insurance premium tax (IPT), after analysing industry responses to a consultation on the controversial topic that it has been running over recent months. HMRC this week published a summary of the 27 responses that it....

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