Insurance Articles, Editorials and News from Top Quote Online
Type 2 Diabetics Risk Developing Critical Illnesses
30th May 2008
Diabetes UK, has revealed that nearly 700,000 thousand people with Type 2 diabetes (linked to obesity) risk severe strokes and blindness because they do not take their medications regularly. Type 2...
Millions of People Sold useless Payment Protection Insurance
29th May 2008
A shocking report due to be published in June will reveal that around 2 million people in the UK have been sold payment protection insurance (PPI) policies that are potentially worthless. As discussed...
Scottish Widows' Critical Illness Claims
27th May 2008
Insurance company Scottish Widows has released a report of its critical illness claims history recently. From 2000 to October 2007 the company has apparently paid out over 150 million pounds on over...
Bacterial Meningitis
23rd May 2008
Unlike viral meningitis (which tends to be less severe) bacterial meningitis occurs most commonly in people who live in close quarters to each other, making university students, barracked soldiers and...
UK Citizens Shy Away From Insurance
23rd May 2008
Britons face financial ruin if we were ever to face a natural, or unnatural, disaster of any real magnitude. Aside form the obvious damage to our living environment and economy that a large natural...
Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
22nd May 2008
Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a disease that is both progressive and neuro-degenerative. This means that it attacks the upper and lower motor neurones within the Central Nervous System. This...
Deafness
21st May 2008
There are thought to be 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK, with nearly 700,000 of these being profoundly (or completely) deaf. Although people can be born deaf, the most common...
Strokes
20th May 2008
Strokes happen when normal blood flow to the brain is shut off, starving the brain of oxygen and vital nutrients, and damaging or ultimately even killing brain cells. Every year over 100,000 people...
Leukaemia
16th May 2008
Leukaemia is a form of cancer that damages the proper functioning of white blood cells in the body, thereby harming the body's ability to fight off infection. If the disease develops gradually it is...
Glaucoma and Blindness in over 40's
16th May 2008
The primary cause of preventable blindness within the UK comes from a a family of diseases that affect the optic nerve, called Glaucoma. Glaucoma is generally caused by a build-up of pressure within...
