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Quit Smoking for Cheaper Insurance
30th June 2008
In Telegraph Online today (Monday, 30/06/2008) there is an article discussing the affects of smoking on the cost of life insurance premiums and critical illness insurance premiums (read the full...
Soldiers | Insurance
30th June 2008
For the men and women serving in the British armed forces, insurance can be a tricky subject. The Ministry of Defence offers a certain amount of compensation for service men and women who suffer...
Free Heart Tests in Bolton
23rd June 2008
The 'Big Bolton Health Check' was launched this month in an effort to raise awareness of heart disease - still the biggest killer in the UK - and intends to insure that thousands of people tested over...
Moratorium on Predictive Genetic Testing Extended
23rd June 2008
Just to lay any ghosts to rest from the previous few articles, the Association of British Insurers has extended the 2001 moratorium that prevents insurers using the results of predictive genetic tests...
Genetic Testing | Insurance Cover, Continued 2.
20th June 2008
According to the director of the Genetic Interest Group, Alistair Kent, many people in the UK feel that if insurers were given access to their genetic make-up they (the public) would end up having to...
Genetic Testing | Insurance Cover, Continued.
19th June 2008
The subject of predictive genetic testing - the US experience of which was discussed in our last article - is also a growing issue of concern here in the United Kingdom. In 2001, the British...
Genetic Testing | Insurance Cover
18th June 2008
Over the next few articles we will be looking at the topical issue of predictive genetic testing, the laws surrounding it and how it effects, if at all, insurance availability (particularly critical...
Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month
13th June 2008
This month marks the 11th annual Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month, designed to raise awareness of the common male cancers (like prostate and testicular). However the month also highlights the...
The Rising Cost of Spare Tyres
10th June 2008
If you have a thick waist, spare tyres or a bit of a pot-belly, ignoring it is a far graver issue than completely writing off the idea of insurance. If getting yourself some income protection...
Age Groups | Accidents and Insurance
9th June 2008
An article in the Guardian recently ("It's not about ageism: our policies are based on risk") raised some interesting questions about the nature of 'ageism' in the insurance sector. Is it...
