Private medical insurance

Private medical insurance provides cover for private health treatment for disease, illness or injury. There is a large choice of private health insurance products available from a range of insurers and so finding affordable health insurance can be difficult.

If you take out a private medical insurance plan when you are young the cost is fairly low but this rises as you get older. Other factors can influence whether you will be accepted for private medical insurance and how much the premiums will cost. These factors can include whether you are a smoker, your weight and age.

	Private medical insurance demand rises Demand for private medical insurance (PMI) has increased despite the bite of the recession.
	Private medical insurance: Do you need protection? Despite increased investment in the National Health Service, there are still enough complaints about the system to keep the demand for private health insurance healthy.
	7.1m Brits now covered by private medical insurance Over seven million people in the UK now have private medical insurance (PMI).
	Boots launches private medical insurance Boots is launching private medical insurance in a partnership agreement with PruHealth.
	Private pension fund deficits leap to £217bn The combined deficit of the UK’s private final salary pension schemes has soared by £10.6 billion in the space of a month, new figures have revealed.