healthcare

The insurance industry provides life assurance and other protection products for the majority of its customers as a matter of routine. But, says Paul Sandilands, for a section of society, "ticking the box" may not be an option.

As the National Health Service comes under increasing financial strain, and the economic costs of sickness become more apparent, Michael Payne, outlines the part private medical insurance (PMI) could play through a restructure of current taxation rules...

James, a building engineer, his wife and four-year-old daughter are to relocate to Dubai for six months followed by Hong Kong for six months. All are healthy. What approach should they take to health insurance? Would one PMI policy cover the year?

Following an extraordinarily busy year Aviva's David Barral in conversation with Paul Robertson indicates there will be no let up yet

Financial services companies have lived with TCF for a while. Alistair Sclare considers whether it has been worth the pain of implementation.

Changing times offer new opportunities and this could very well spell good news for the health cash plan sector, says Jill Davies.

Both the protection and healthcare arms of AXA contributed to the company's UK and Ireland earnings rising 2% for the first half of the year.

The government has finally published its green paper on the future of social care.

The days of automatically providing top-of-the range international private medical insurance (IPMI) cover to expatriate employees are a thing of the past, says Debra Williams. In challenging times, how should advisers direct clients to best maximise value...

The new online health risk assessment, now part of Legal & General's EAP, Premier WorkLife Solutions, provides a traffic light indicator tells staff what they need to focus on as a top priority.