Cashplans

Cash plan provider Health Shield has published its claims statistics for the first time, revealing it paid out 97.5% of all claims made during 2013.

Westfield Health's head of intermediary sales, Steve sharrock, explains his bafflement that more advisers are not selling cash plans.

Engage Mutual's David Castling outlines opportunities for a meeting of minds in the cash plan arena.

Electrical Contractors Insurance Services Limited (ECIS)has launched a cash plan for businesses in the construction sector.

Health cash plan provider Health Shield has reported a 9% increase in new business for 2013.

Two fifths of employees feel health and welfare benefits have increased in importance as a consequence of NHS cuts, a recent study has revealed.

Westfield Health has unveiled an intermediary toolkit designed to help advisers generate more income through selling health cover.

British consumers are increasingly convinced the NHS will see deterioration in quality of service and increasingly consider low-cost insurance products to cover any shortfall.

Company cash plans have experienced the most growth in recent years. But do issues around excess and how employers integrate these with traditional PMI policies mean they are heading for trouble? Fiona Murphy reports

Cash plans have become as popular as health insurance among UK workers.