Health Insurance News UK
August 29 2009
When considering taking out health insurance for cancer it is important to ask yourself and potential providers very direct questions. Providers are obliged to give you answers to your questions and if they cannot they must find someone who can. Do you want a specific policy that covers just cancer?In theory providers who have specific [...]
August 27 2009
As discussed by Health Insurance News UK, health insurance for cancer varies a lot in the UK. Bupa’s Select Heart and Cancer Policy is a company that offers comprehensive health insurance for cancer. The specific nature of this policy makes it a cheaper alternative to other medical insurance policies which cover many different types of [...]
August 20 2009
The health insurance company, PruHealth has one of the most comprehensive cancer care covers in the UK. With cancer care becoming more and more expensive many health insurers are struggling to keep up with their customers expectations. PruHealth, on the other hand, look after their customers right through to any palliative care they may need [...]
August 11 2009
There are mixed reports as to how much the recession has affected private medical insurance companies. However Standard Life Healthcare announced last month that they have to loose another 60 employees. The company line is that the changes are designed to improve efficiency in the business but how will it affect Standard Life Healthcare customers? [...]
August 10 2009
Cancer care and prevention are improving and the cancer statistics show that the survival rates in the NHS and the private medical insurance sector have improved a great deal even since the 1990′s. Vast amounts of research on prevention and early detection have helped arrest cancer. Additionally there have been huge developments in drugs and [...]
August 7 2009
Professor Catherine Waddams, a competition expert, has warned that comparison websites ‘have an obvious incentive’ to feature the companies that offer them the most. Health insurance comparison sites are one very convenient way that helps people to look for the best health insurance for them and their family. In theory they provide a comparative summary [...]
August 5 2009
As reported by Health Insurance News women at the top levels of business are still in the minority. Freedom Healthnet however has a woman, Nahid Salehi as its chief executive officer. Nahid Salehi launched Freedom Healthnet’s private medical insurance policies in 2003 with the aim of providing the best health insurance whilst still keeping costs [...]