Cashplans
Seven funeral plan providers remain unregistered with FPA
This amounts to up to 40,000 unregulated plan sales a year
AIG to offer British Seniors over 50s life
AIG Life will be sole provider of British Seniors life insurance as part of three-year partnership
COVER Protection and Health Summit returns for 2018
Our industry conference comes to The Mermaid, London, on Thursday 4 October
More than £1m needed for perfect retirement
Survey of over-50s finds £55,000 a year to be ideal annual income from age 65 onwards, however the average pension pot is only £50,000 in total
White paper calls for stronger funeral plan regulation
Compulsion for all providers and distributors to be regulated by FPA and minimum solvency among proposals
National Friendly launches over 50s Guaranteed Life Assurance
£20 to £100-a-month premiums to cover funeral costs, clear debt and leave money to family
Cigna to offer unlimited preventative dental treatment
UK economy loses £105m every year due to oral health-related sick days
Health Shield CEO Jonathan Burton passes away at 50
He had been battling with cancer since late last year
Sugar tax: 67% say education is more effective than taxation
Seven in 10 UK adults believe people should have freedom of choice
Funeral plan sales drop following FPA crackdown on third party sales
"Industry prepared to distance itself from third party providers," says Golden Charter CEO
Royal London launches FSCS classified funeral plan
Traditional Funeral Plan rated five stars by Fairer Finance
Medicash funds new Merseyside fitness centre
State-of-the-art specialist health centre backed by cash plan provider
Paul Wilson: When are you planning on dying?
Insurers should leave funeral planning to the experts, says Avalon CEO Paul Wilson
Medicash records 36% rise in policies in 2017
Sales figures show record-breaking year for cash plan provider
Stackhouse Poland acquires Caprica Healthcare
Stackhouse Poland expands healthcare and protection division with take over.
Medicash supports St Paul's Eye Unit
Healthcare cash plan provider Medicash is supporting the world renowned St. Paul's Eye Unit in its mission to transform the future diagnosis and treatment of eye disease.
MediCheque launches Medical Recovery Insurance website
MediCheque Cash Plans Limited has launched a new website to promote its medical recovery insurance policies targeted at the UK employee benefit marketplace.
Health Shield will absorb cost of IPT increase
Health Shield has announced that it will absorb the impact of the increase in the insurance premium tax (IPT) for members until the end of 2016.
WHCA becomes Orchard Healthcare
WHCA is now Orchard Healthcare, with a new website being launched along with the rebrand of the Worcester based cashplan provider.
Westfield Health donates £250k to helipad appeal
Westfield Health has donated £250,000 to the fundraising appeal to build a new helipad at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital.
NHS changes could see cashplans expand - Simplyhealth
The changes the NHS needs to make over the next five years could see changes to the way cashplans operate, a Simplyhealth white paper has said.
Health Shield announces highest ever premium income
Health Shield saw its premium income rise to £29m in 2014, the highest in the cashplan provider's 138 year history, its annual results have revealed.
Video: Could cash plan markets do even better? - Simplyhealth
Mike Wagg, head of intermediary sales at Simplyhealth notes the huge growth in Cash Plan sales during the recession and asks if growth could be even higher in the good years to come.
Medicash employer-paid sales rise by 56%
Health cash plan provider Medicash has revealed a 56% rise in employer-paid policies during 2013.
