Impartial reviews on the latest products and how they can impact consumers.
August 2020 LV=: CI
LV= has introduced an option to now take out Life and Critical Illness insurance with Enhanced Children’s Cover. The option includes child specific conditions, payments for pregnancy complications and increased payout levels. These are: Cover for an additional ten child-specific conditions more likely to occur during birth or early infancy, including Type 1 diabetes, cerebral palsy and Down’s syndrome. This brings the total number of conditions to 95 for children. £5,000 payment if the life insured is diagnosed with one of six pregnancy-related complications including stillbirth. Increased children’s payouts - 50% of the parent’s cover, up to an increased maximum…
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August 2020 VitalityLife: Other
Aimed at organisations with 1,000 plus employees, Vitality’s new at Work Enterprise plan has been launched to help large businesses support the wellbeing of their employees working at home, in offices and on site. The plan includes access to: Vitality Age. This is a measure of whether an employee is ‘older’ or ‘younger’ than their biological age, based on health and lifestyle risk factors. Vitality Healthcheck. 50-81% discounts on healthchecks. 40% gym discount at Virgin and Nuffield Health gyms. Activity tracker discounts. Healthy mid: 30% discount and up to six points a week. Discounts deals and vouchers at a range…
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August 2020 Kingsbridge: PMI
Broker Kingsbridge has partnered with Equipsme to launch an affordable healthcare insurance product for the self-employed business owner. Equipsme provides affordable health insurance plans, underwritten by AXA PPP healthcare Limited, for self-employed businesses and companies with two or more employees. Kingsbridge offers a range of specialist business insurance products for contractors. This insurance cover is priced at a flat rate for ages 16-59, and customers can add a partner and up to six children to the plan. There are no medical questions when taking out the cover but conditions that existed in the three years before cover starts instead are…
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August 2020 Bupa: Other
Bupa’s From Home service is a remote range of health services, designed to help people access healthcare services from their home. The service includes: Fast support for cancer, mental health and MSK. Bupa’s Direct Access team can assess a customer’s symptoms to provide fast reassurance or refer on to a specialist, often without needing to see a GP first. See a GP from home. Access to expert advice, diagnosis and prescriptions 24/7 through a video GP service, in partnership with Babylon. Talk to a nurse 24/7. Customers call the Anytime HealthLine for general health and wellbeing advice. Remote consultant appointments.…
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July 2020 Medicash: HCP
Medicash has launched a skin cancer detection app in partnership with SkinVision. Available free to customers on its company paid health cash plan, the SkinVision app claims to detect 95% of all skin cancers. The app provides an instant risk assessment, plus advice on what to do next, including seeing a doctor if needed. The app also allows users to store photos to keep track of changes over time, so helping them and their GP to monitor any changes over time. Users have access to an unlimited number of tests, which could be worth over £45 a year. The SkinVision…
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