Data published recently by Cancer Research UK has revealed that survival rates for testicular cancer  have improved dramatically in the last few decades. Earlier detection allied to new therapies mean that the typical five year survival rate is increasing.

This statistic was around 70% in the nineteen seventies and had improved to around 90% twenty years ago. This improvement…

International health insurance giant, Bupa International, continue to focus their development in the Asia region with particular interest in the China market. There have been a number of successes and announcements recently supporting Bupa International's move and focus. One of the more recent developments involves…

Webster's Dictionary defines an inpatient as: "a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment." An outpatient, on the other hand, it: "a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment."

If you're staying overnight in hospital, you're an inpatient. If you're out before…

Insurance giant Willis Re have released a report revealing that as of the Jan 1st 2013 (the renewal date for reinsurance rates), reinsurance rates have remained flat compared with 2012. This means that reinsurers have managed to avoid an increase to their rates despite the catastrophes suffered to property, amongst other things, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy that terrorised East coast of the United…

Globalsurance continues to witness the falling rates of global health insurance inflation in the high-end sector, typically referred to as International Private Medical Insurance (iPMI). Average rates of inflation per year have typically hovered at around 11% over the past 5 years, but this year, AXA PPP has published an annual increase of just 8%. As a key player in the health insurance sector,

A research report entitled "UAE Insurance Market Forecast to 2012" by RNCOS, an India-based market research and information analysis company, points to continued growth in the rates of the medical insurance industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The report projects a Compound Annual Growth Rate of around 42% between the years 2010 and 2013.