HEALTH INSURANCE AWARDS 2011: RESULTS
Pictures from the night of the year
Reader Poll
Will the use of mobile apps take off among financial advisers?
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"Toxic PPI and acceptable STIP - how do we tell the difference?" Peter Le Beau
The Health & Protection Book 2012
Key contacts, product comparison tables and analysis - it's all here
"Cash plans shouldn't be promoted as a mini-PMI – the product is worthy of its own place on the healthcare 'best in class' podium" Marcia Reid
Cash Plans/Dental
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Dental fraud cost NHS £70m in a year
Dentists claiming for work not carried out
- Another member for health insurance fraud-prevention group
- Dental costs 'unclear' to patients
Group Risk
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Auto-enrolment is ‘opportunity' for group risk market
Almost three quarters of IFAs believe regime will boost their business
- Quarter of small firms ‘unaware of group IP’
- Flexible working ‘reduces absence and boosts productivity’
Life/Critical Illness
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Sharp fall in middle age cancer deaths
Reduction in people smoking ‘a big help’
- Life business up 70% at Ageas
- Advisers publish good practice guidelines for gender ruling
PMI
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GPs threaten industrial action over pension reform
First ballot on industrial action since 1975
- Universal Provident adds support services to group PMI plan
- Health Insurance Intermediary Awards 2012 - now open for entries
"The simple products steering group must find a way to communicate as simply as possible the different options available" Ian Smart of Bright Grey and Scottish Provident
The HI Profile: Cigna's Phil Austin
Health Insurance editor David Sawers asks the questions
"Post-OFT, PMI providers must become consumer champions if the industry is to survive" Tony Levene
Product Reviews
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LV= has increased the number of conditions it now covers under the critical illness (CI) element of its Flexible Protection Plan (a guaranteed or reviewable premium plan which can also include life...
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Health Insurance Directory
The Health Insurance Online Directory gives you free access to details of the industry's leading providers of health insurance and protection products and services.
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People Moves
Premier Choice appoints head of individual protection
Les Schroeter joins from Friends Life
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