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Brokers slam Defaqto’s ‘highly dangerous’ PMI ratings

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:30

Medical insurance brokers have branded Defacto’s new private medical insurance (PMI) star ratings as ‘highly dangerous and not in the best interest of customers’.

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Doctors demand investigation into PMI fee schedules

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:59

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to extend its private healthcare market review to include insurers’ fee schedules.

Axa PPP extends cancer cover to rejected NHS drug

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 10:49

Axa PPP has extended its cancer coverage to include the clinically effective prostate cancer drug rejected for the NHS because it is too expensive.

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Is this the end? Cash plans as PMI excess – sustainable?

Cover | 16 Dec 2011 | 10:22

Cash plans are increasingly used in place of private medical insurance excess. Howard Hughes assesses the sustainability of this pricing model

Individual IP - Time to change gear?

Cover | 16 Dec 2011 | 10:20

Owain Thomas finds that, sometimes, driving a Ford Focus rather than an Aston Martin is a good thing

Around the world: South African viral marketing

Cover | 06 Dec 2011 | 14:30

Underwriting requires information, so what can your connections tell us? Greg Becker visits South Africa to look at one idea.

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