Insurance Articles, Editorials and News from Top Quote Online
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Insuring Children
published on the 31st July 2008
“As with most forms of personal protection insurance, the why's and wherefore's of insuring children is hotly contested within the UK. No-one really like to consider their own mortality and the potential for unexpected death, but these are important...” read more
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10 Year Low for Life Assurance Costs
published on the 31st July 2008
“The financial website, Moneyfacts.co.uk, has released research demonstrating that in the past 10 years the price of Term Life Assurance (TLA) has just about halved. For people who do not smoke, intense competition between insurers has reduced the...” read more
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Prioritising Insurance
published on the 30th July 2008
“If you could only afford one 'type' of insurance, which would be the most important? Difficult question. In Britain research has shown that citizens are more likely to insure their possessions than they are likely to insure their jobs (income...” read more
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
published on the 30th July 2008
“Heart Bypass Surgery is more properly known as 'coronary artery bypass surgery', or 'coronary artery bypass graft surgery', and it is a form or surgery performed to relieve the causes and symptoms of angina and of course to reduce the risk of death...” read more
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Cardiomyopathy Article
published on the 29th July 2008
“Cardiomyopathy, which means "heart muscle disease", is a critical illness covered by many insurance plans. It is the term given to the breakdown in the good functioning of the myocardium (which is the actual heart muscle) for any reason at...” read more
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Aplastic Anaemia
published on the 29th July 2008
“Over the next few articles we'll be looking at some more of the conditions and illnesses that are usually covered Critical Illness Insurance (CII), starting in this article with Aplastic Anaemia, Anaemia is the condition of having a reduced red...” read more
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
published on the 28th July 2008
“Following on from our last article on diseases of and in the brain, 'Progressive Supranuclear Palsy' (PSP) is a quite rare degenerative disorder that involves the gradual degeneration and cellular death of particular areas of the brain. As said, the...” read more
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Degenerative Organic Brain Disease
published on the 28th July 2008
“This is quite a vague and non-specific term that, essentially, can cover any nonpsychiatric disease or condition of and in the brain that cannot be cured or reversed and which causes damage to it. Any such brain 'disease' could be considered a...” read more
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
published on the 27th July 2008
“Continuing to look at the critical illnesses most often covered by critical illness insurance (CII), this time we will be looking at rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disorder, the cause for which is still...” read more
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Problems with Payment Protection Insurance
published on the 26th July 2008
“All good so far, but often Payment Protection Insurance policies are over-priced and pushed for sales by many advisors when they aren't needed. Most companies that offer anything to us on credit or offer to lend us money (like a mortgage) will offer...” read more