Universal Provident

Universal Provident has revealed a breakdown of its declined private medical insurance (PMI) claims statistics for 2014, with two reasons each accounting for 16% of rejections.

Universal Provident has announced changes to its TravellersCare policy including an increase in maximum trip duration from 31 to 60 days.

Universal Provident is to hold its new business rates for both individual and corporate private medical insurance (PMI) at its upcoming January Review.

Universal Provident has confirmed it is withdrawing its Oasis Plan from the market.

Universal Provident is to increase the maximum age for children, at which it will pay accommodation charges for their parents, during hospital stays.

Universal Provident, has published a breakdown of declined private medical insurance (PMI) claims for the second year running.

As the first of a series of improvements, Universal Provident (UP) has added a employee assistance programme (EAP) and a care advisory service to its group PMI plan, Choices Corporate.

The main reason claims are denied is a simple failure to complete the paperwork, Universal Provident has said.

Universal Provident has launched a new combined protection and health insurance product aimed at customers forced to reduce their cover limits.

Universal Provident has increased its maximum initial insurable benefit under LivingCare, its long term disability insurance policy, from £20,000 to £35,000 per annum.