At the Annual General Meeting today of The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII), Wayne Pontin was appointed chairman.
Pontin was a member of the AMII executive committee from 2007 to 2010 and is currently Sales Director (West) of Jelf Employee Benefits. He succeeds Andrew Tripp, who has been AMII’s chairman for the last two years.
Tripp also steps down from the executive committee having been a member since March 2007, including serving as AMII’s treasurer.
Other AMII changes include the appointment of Brian Walters from Regency Health as vice chair and two new committee members, Stuart Scullion from The Private Health Partnership and Sue Smith from Health Care Plus.
If you were to pick between getting a group health insurance policy through your employer and a private health insurance policy on your own, what would you pick? If you are like most people you would save private health insurance, but do you know why you would say that? The thing that a lot of people don’t understand is that private health insurance has more to offer you than a group insurance policy does but you would never know that if you don’t learn a little bit about it.
In the United Kingdom there are a lot of people out there that still don’t have medical insurance and the reason is because they don’t know that much about private health insurance. With th Read more…
Have you ever wondered who has the cheapest gas in your neighborhood? Short of driving around from gas station to gas station, there is really no way to tell. However, Automotive.com has developed a new widget that allows you to quickly and easily access this information right from the comfort of your own homeAll you will need to do is enter your zip code into the tool.
The end result is that you will be provided with a gasoline price list of local gas stations. Using this tool could really help you save hundreds of dollars over the course of time.
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A report released by MP’s reveals that insurance claims made for whiplash is one of the reasons that car insurance premiums are rising each year.
Whiplash ensues when the ligaments in the neck are sprained which is usually triggered by a sudden movement of the head. Symptoms include pain, stiffness and lack of ability to move the neck.
A collision in a car, particularly from behind can lead to whiplash .
The Common Transport Committee reached out to ministers asking them to change the British law to make it tougher for people to make unchallenged claims for whiplash injuries; so it could be good news for car insurance costs as they are once again under scrutiny by the UK Government.
Back at the beginning of 2011, the Transport Committee started investigating the reason for the continually rising costs of insurance; in fact the cost of car insurance has risen 50% in the past two years. T
Drivers in the UK cant stomach music-free car journeys, according to a Confused.com poll.
More than half (53%) of the 2,000 respondents said they couldnt cope without music in the car and wouldnt buy a car without a stereo.
Around 55% of drivers sing along to music in the car and 27% tap along to the beat with their hands or feet.
According to the car insurance comparison site, the UKs top ten driving ballads are: Dont Stop Me Now (Queen), Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen), Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna), Dakota (Stereophonics), Fast Car (Tracey Chapman), Ace of Spades (Motorhead), Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen), Highway to Hell (AC/DC) and All Right Now (Free).
Gareth Kloet, head of car insurance at Confused.com, said: Having music on in the car has grown into a modern tradition and while we would, of course, encourage all drivers to concentrate on the road, we like happy drivers who enjoy being in their cars.
Just make sure to hide away your valuable music equipment when leaving your car as it can be an invitation to thieves.
Its no secret that the best way to keep your auto insurance premiums low is to avoid filing claims, which, in turn, means that you should do everything possible to avoid accidents. This months video is all about the crash avoidance technology that is built into todays cars. Enjoy.
Getting affordable insurance for house and contents can be different for different people in the terms of how easily one finds it. The reason is that the price of the insurance for house and contents completely depends on the actual value of the house, its locality and contents. Finding an insurance that is very cheap for your house and contents would be little bit difficult for those who reside in a city as compared to those who reside in the countryside. The reason behind getting a cheap insurance package for the people living in countryside is that there are minimal crime rates in the vicinity or no crime rate at all. Read more…
Burdened by budget deficits, states are cutting health programs to the chagrin of some. But others say the economic downturn has allowed states to take up long-term economic problems they wouldn’t have addressed otherwise.
The Wall Street Journal: States Keep Axes Sharpened States are moving to cut jobs and other spending to close budget deficits, even though their protracted fiscal crisis is easing a bit in an improving economy. … But other economists more critical of government spending say the fiscal challenges of recent years helped states by forcing them to confront long-term problems, such as rising pension and health care costs, that they had avoided for years. S
The insurance operations of XL Group plc have announced that Roland Brandt has been appointed to the post of property underwriting manager of Risk Management, Analytics and Innovation in the International region.
In his new position Brandt is to be based in Munich, and will report directly to Chief Underwriting Officer, International Property Matthias Horntrich.
Before joining XL he worked for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty as head of risk consulting in Germany and Central Europe.
In his new role Brandt is tasked with the co-ordination and leadership of International Property insurance business regarding risk assessment, leveraging client industry expertise, best in class risk management and innovation.
He will also be charged with improving the way that analytical information is utilised during the underwriting decision process.
Horntrich said that the appointment reflected the importance of investing in analytical and industry-specific capabilities.