Cash Plans

Cash plan provider Health Shield has strengthened its position in the UK health cash plan market by increasing its market share from £27m in 2012 to £29m in 2013, according to the latest market research from Laing & Buisson.

Mike Wagg, head of intermediary sales at Simplyhealth notes the huge growth in Cash Plan sales during the recession and asks if growth could be even higher in the good years to come.

Westfield Health's head of intermediary sales, Steve sharrock, explains his bafflement that more advisers are not selling cash plans.

Engage Mutual's David Castling outlines opportunities for a meeting of minds in the cash plan arena.

Two fifths of employees feel health and welfare benefits have increased in importance as a consequence of NHS cuts, a recent study has revealed.

Westfield Health has unveiled an intermediary toolkit designed to help advisers generate more income through selling health cover.

British consumers are increasingly convinced the NHS will see deterioration in quality of service and increasingly consider low-cost insurance products to cover any shortfall.

Cash plans have become as popular as health insurance among UK workers.

Paul Shires, executive director of sales and marketing at Westfield Health makes the case for more adviser engagement with the health products market.

Benenden Health is increasing its marketing for 2014 as it looks to increase membership in a plan to become a household name.