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UAE to mandate health insurance for all private sector workers by 2025
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will be introducing mandatory insurance at the start of 2025. Earlier this week the UAE cabinet approved the establishment of a health insurance...
Read moreSimplyhealth offers 12% discount on Randox home test kits
Simplyhealth is offering customers of its Health Plan a 12% discount on 10 Randox Health home testing kits, which can detect common lifestyle related conditions including high cholesterol, vitamin deficiencies or diabetes....
Read moreMore work needed to improve referrals between private sector and NHS – IHPN
More work needs to be done to improve the join between the independent sector and the NHS when it comes to referring patients with cancer. This is according to private sector professionals...
Read moreEquipsme launches elder care support for ‘sandwich generation’
Health insurance provider Equipsme has launched an elder care support service, to help members in the ‘sandwich generation’ look after their parents and older relatives, while also looking after their own children. Equipsme...
Read moreLV= protection sales tick up as mutual returns to profitability
LV= reported a slight increase in protection sales in 2023 with regular new business premiums up 2% to £43m, from £42m the previous year. It said these sales generated £14m of trading...
Read moreProtection adviser Chohan conducts eight-week winning streak on Apprentice
Week 8 on The Apprentice saw the teams tasked with designing an advertising campaign for an electric vehicle. Protection adviser Raj Chohan's team took on a camper van, with Dr Paul Midha...
Read moreChancellor’s failure to deliver PMI tax breaks was a missed opportunity – Spinks
Government's failure to cut insurance premium tax (IPT) on private medical insurance (PMI) was a missed opportunity as HM Revenue & Customs tax receipts data indicate IPT collected reached a total of...
Read moreProtectX8: Critical illness is suffering from an identity crisis – Roberts
Critical illness is suffering from an identity crisis, with consumer trust lacking, according to Paul Roberts, proposition and distribution director at CIExpert. Referring to findings from the CI Expert's Critical Thinking 2024...
Read moreAviva pays out record £1.18bn on individual protection claims
Aviva paid out a record £1.18bn across individual life insurance, critical illness cover, income protection and other protection policies in 2023. This insurer said this was the highest annual amount it has...
Read moreVast majority of UK adults want employers to support their mental health – YuLife
Almost three quarters of UK adults think employers have a responsibility to support their mental health. This is according to a report from YuLife in in collaboration with YouGov which also found...
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