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Disease of the month: Meningitis

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 17:01

This is a common illness that strikes people in different ways, though its effects can last a lifetime. Mary Randell explains the underwriting implications of meningitis.

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Developing simple protection products will be 'quite challenging'

The protection industry may have to change the way it works if it is to maximise the potential of the simple products initiative, the project’s leader has said.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 16:57
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InterGlobal sponsors Air Ambulance Alliance

InterGlobal is to sponsor the International Air Ambulance Alliance (IAAA), a network committed to raising the professional standards of fixed-wing air ambulance providers.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 12:51

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Report on Social Care failing in technicalities says Partnership

The Health Committee report on Social Care is making recommendations having failed to understand the technicalities behind the Dilnot Report, Partnership has said.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 12:51
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MPs urge govt to stimulate LTC market

MPs on the Health Select Committee (HSC) have urged the government to stimulate the long term care (LTC) insurance market.

Cover | 08 Feb 2012 | 07:30
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Planet Insurance - Is anger the cost of a GP report?

The news that the ABI and British Medical Association (BMA) agreement on GP report (GPR) fees has broken down will usher in a period of uncertainty.

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 15:57
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Group risk set to boom with auto-enrolment

The imminent introduction of auto-enrolment looks set to trigger increased investment in employee benefits, according to research from Group Risk Development (Grid).

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 15:45
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Clients unaware of state bereavement payments

Grieving clients could be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of state bereavement benefits, RGA has said.

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 13:05
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Scottish Widows eyes protection market return

Scottish Widows has revealed it is examining the possibility of re-entering the IFA protection market.

Cover | 07 Feb 2012 | 12:19
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Protection industry must provide 'wakeup call' to those relying on State

Cirencester friendly has warned that the government’s continued welfare reforms prove relying solely the State for support is a “fool’s paradise” and urged the protection industry to push this point across.

Cover | 06 Feb 2012 | 15:53
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British troops killed without life cover

Dozens of soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan without taking out life insurance while thousands more have served active duty without cover, it has been revealed.

Cover | 06 Feb 2012 | 15:23
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Doctors demand investigation into PMI fee schedules

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.

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:59
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Brokers slam Defaqto’s ‘highly dangerous’ PMI ratings

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’.

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:30

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