Capita acquires Medicals Direct for £13.2m
BPO giant takes latest step into life and health sector
- Capita confirms plans to buy Bluefin's employee benefits consultancy business from AXA
- Aviva to sell occupational health business to Capita
- Another healthcare acquisition for Capita
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Online GP booking promised by 2015
Part of information and technology reforms to NHS
GPs' concerns over NHS reforms still running... -
AMII forms three sub committees
Groups will work directly with main executive committee
New AMII chairman pledges close partnership... -
Aviva launches stress management app
App available to members and non members
PruHealth launches mental health tools for... -
One million more people have access to NHS dentist
Improvement made over two-year period
Dental fraud cost NHS £70m in a year
News
- Now Health International develops video tools for individual and...
- Workers 'struggling' to take paid time off work to see dentist
- Analysis: Cautious welcome for launch of 'middle ground' Hospital...
- ALC Health enhances iPMI cover
- PruHealth launches mental health tools for members
- 40% of workers have suffered long-term illness or redundancy
- May issue of Health Insurance online now
- NICE approves prostate cancer drug
- State-funded care for elderly 'in decline'
- Britons ‘failing to prepare’ for cost of ill health in retirement
- Sharp fall in middle age cancer deaths
- GPs threaten industrial action over pension reform
HEALTH INSURANCE AWARDS 2011: RESULTS
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Reader Poll
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"A short-term gender sales push will damage the protection industry's reputation" Nick Jones of Exeter Family Friendly
The HI Profile: WPA's Adrian Humphreys
Health Insurance editor David Sawers asks the questions
"Toxic PPI and acceptable STIP - how do we tell the difference?" Peter Le Beau
Cash Plans/Dental
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Workers 'struggling' to take paid time off work to see dentist
Absence in fact 'made worse' by employees' good intentions
- Analysis: Cautious welcome for launch of 'middle ground' Hospital...
- May issue of Health Insurance online now
Group Risk
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Disability benefit cuts ‘boost for group risk market’
500,000 set to lose disability benefit over three years
- Auto-enrolment is ‘opportunity' for group risk market
- Quarter of small firms ‘unaware of group IP’
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
"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
The Health & Protection Book 2012
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