healthcare

Anthony Burpitt offers a tour through two ‘real world' techniques that are used by insurers to reduce ‘headline' premiums.

PMI must adapt and cover needs of ageing society

Good oral health is not just about avoiding the dentist's drill - it is also linked to general health and wellbeing of employees. Pam Whelan explores dental benefit schemes.

Ian Talbot examines how brokers can find innovative ways for clients to retain their PMI policies while also continuing to treat customers fairly against this backdrop of economic upheaval.

The current economic crisis has generated a lot of criticism of the position of public sector workers and in the world of planet insurance, one group of employees could be exempt from the pain of the recession until 2011 - GPs who receive fees for medical...

Jill Davies takes a look at the integral part information technology is playing in helping to advance the health cash plan market for providers, intermediaries and customers…

Changes are ahead in how medicine is financed. Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald talks to Paul Robertson about cancer top-ups, wellness programmes and the role of the NHS.

As companies confront the economic impacts of recession and plan their survival strategies, Richard Munro examines the challenges facing the health insurance industry.

In July last year, the Pensions Institute of the Cass Business School published Death Shall Have No Dominion: Life Settlements and the Ethics of Profiting from Mortality.

Ruth, 26, is a magazine designer living in London. Although in good health, she suffered from ME for two years in her teens, and contracted malaria while on a gap trip around the world. While she is generally in good health, her ME flared up slightly...