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Are you prepared to weather the credit crunch?
14th May 2008
Will you be able to pay your card bills and your mortgage if you are suddenly made redundant in this dodgy climate? Insurance against loss of income in case you lose your job or are too sick to work...
Changing the UK's Sick Note Culture
14th May 2008
At last there are moves to overhaul the official General Practitioners administered system of sick-leave certification. The British Government is keen to address the UK's ‘sick-note...
The Risk of an Influenza Pandemic
13th May 2008
In our last article we mentioned plans to protect the income of GP's and when, they need to suspend their usual practice in order to combat an influenza pandemic. In this article we are going to look...
General Practitioners' Income Protected in Case of Pandemic
13th May 2008
NHS Employers and the BMA's General Practitioners Committee (GPC) have come to an agreement concerning the nature of the service and resources offered by the General Medical Services (GMS) - that's GP...
The Causes of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
12th May 2008
The most common cause of CHD is a build up of fatty tissue along the inside walls of the arteries, most relevantly the arteries leading to and from the heart (the coronary arteries). Medically this...
Friends Provident Improve Customer Satisfaction for Critical Illness Cover
11th May 2008
The FTSE 100 Index insurance and pensions company Friends Provident has stated that the number of claims for critical illness that have been declined on the basis of non-disclosure have decline by one...
Conference for Benchmark Definitions for Critical Illness (CI)
9th May 2008
Canadian company, Munich Re-Insurance, launched the World CI Conference in Toronto at the end of April in the hopes of establishing benchmark definitions for CI within insurance policies. The...
Benefits of Critical Illness Cover
9th May 2008
Critical illness cover for British citizens makes a lot of sense. If we are happy with the service given to us by the NHS then all we really need to worry about is loss of income resulting from a...
EU Initiative Mitigates Credit Crunch for European Insurers
8th May 2008
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has released a new report predicting the relative safety of European insurance companies despite the value-decline of US sub-prime asset and the more general disruption...
Breast Cancer
8th May 2008
With over 40,000 cases diagnosed every year, as many as 1 in 9 women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives, making it the most common form of cancer within the UK and the...
