Health Insurance News UK

It stands to reason that as we get older more things can go wrong with our health but how does this affect our health insurance premiums and is there an age where we can no longer get health cover? This article compares age related price increases in the medical insurance market. All the information that [...]

Statistics show that our gender influences our health but does it influence what we pay for our private medical insurance? According to the Association of British Medical Insurers (ABI) gender can affect the cost of medical insurance cover. From the 6th April 2008 there was a change to the Sex Discrimination Regulations which now specify [...]

The Daily Mail recently reported a case where a British woman faced a large NHS hospital bill. She had flown home for emergency treatment after contracting a life-threatening virus in Turkey where she now lives. Joyce McDonald’s expectation seemed to be that because she had paid National Insurance contributions all her life she was entitled [...]

Statistically speaking being single appears to increase your risk of ill health and unhappiness. So, when it comes to taking out health insurance does it mean that singles have to pay more for their cover? Research conducted at Universities all over the world seems to point to the fact that married people do tend to [...]

As part of their Wellness programme BUPA have launched a free online health check not just for its own members but for members of the general public. BUPA are the UK’s largest provider of medical health insurance for both corporate and individuals. Dr Peter Mace, deputy medical director of Bupa Wellness, said, ‘We know people [...]

One way to cut the cost of your health insurance policy is to look into some of the very specific policies that are available and see if they fit in with your current needs. Here are some of the options: Retirement Health Cover. These policies usually cover people who are over the age of 55. [...]

BUPA and Facebook seem like an unlikely combination but a new Facebook application called QuitClock has developed by BUPA to help people stop smoking. It is interesting that the largest medical insurance company in the Uk is harnessing the huge power of this social networking site. QuitClock is a little tool which lets you know [...]

Although around 12% of UK citizens are covered by a private health insurance policy there is evidence that the vast majority of consumers do not have a clear picture of the benefits of health cover. A recent survey conducted by health insurer BCWA found that 83% of British people would rather pay medical costs upfront [...]

If you’ve ever been in an NHS hospital in the UK you will know how difficult it is to stay in touch with family and friends. We all have mobile phones and are so used to instant communication with loved ones that it is a struggle not to use them. We have always been told [...]

Back pain is a huge problem not just for the individual but for business. According to Government statistics eighty percent of British people will suffer from it at some point in their lives and 1 in every 6 working days lost due to ill-health is caused by back pain. Earlier this month Norwich Union announced [...]