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Britons risk old age care cost shock
New research from Bupa has found that Britons may be in for an unpleasant surprise as they get older, due to the fact that they are least likely to think that they will need to save to cover the costs of old age care. The international Bupa Health Pulse study surveyed over 13,000 people in [...]
Friends Life launches Protect+
Friends Life has today launched Protect+, an individual protection package aimed at the IFA market. The group says it has forged together the best of what was once provided by Friends Provident and its UK life acquisition from AXA, with the new offering spanning income protection, critical illness, life and business protection. In addition, IFAs [...]
Budget woes may cause health insurance hardships in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
Even as economists assure us the recession has long since ended, consumers and states alike continue to feel the pinch in their pocketbooks. Government budgets that used to roll in pork are now cut to the bone. In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, more than 100,000 people are living with the reality that their family health insurance [...]
Banks receive extensions to PPI complaints deadline
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has given three banks a temporary extension to the current deadline for dealing with Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints. Normally, complaints have to receive a response within eight weeks but in the case of Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS, the regulator has recognised the scale of the backlogs created [...]
Massachusetts study sheds doubt on whether health insurance mandates makes a difference
You would think that having health insurance would provide reasonable protection against sky-high medical bills, and you would be wrong if a recent study published in The American Journal of Medicine (AJM) is to be believed. Titled “Medical Bankruptcy in Massachusetts: Has Health Reform Made a Difference?,” the study sheds doubt whether universal health insurance [...]