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Cover Magazine, December 2008
Marking the boundaries. Mike Izzard explains the effect on AMII memberships firms

The introduction of principles-based regulation has resulted in more open relationships between intermediaries and customers.
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Cover Magazine, December 2008
Claims opennness on agenda

Insurers will meet on 21 January to discuss differences over whether to make an insured firms claims history available to other insurers, therefore allowing accurate quoting by rival firms.
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Corporate advisor, December 2008
Top-up clarity brings potential, by John Greenwood

Health secretary Alan Johnson's decision to allow patients to top-up State care with drugs brought privately has been hailed as opening new potential markets provided insurers can design the right products.
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Financial Times, November 2008
Cost of private medical cover could fall by Josephine Cumbo

The cost of private medical cover for cancer may fall after the government this week pledged to make more expensive treatments available on the NHS.
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The COVER Excellence Awards 2008
Plaisterers’ Hall in London,1st October 2008

The COVER excellence awards is the benchmark for the protection and health insurance industry and this year will be no exception. Premier Choice group won the following awards:-
E-Business Initiative of the Year Cover Excellence Awards 2008 - Starfish Compliance System
Highly Commended (Runner Up) Health Insurance Intermediary of the Year
- Cover Excellence Awards 2008
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The Health Insurance Awards 2008
Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane, 16th October, 2008

The Health Insurance Awards 2008 saw 880 industry professionals attend a glittering ceremony at the Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane. Premier Choice group won the following:-
Highly Commended (runner up) for Best Business Initiative Intermediary 2008 - Toolbox Automated Data System
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LONDON (Reuters), Wed Jun 4, 2008
Insuring your smile... the options

"NHS funding is going south in a big way -- the number of NHS dentists is dropping and access to dental work from the NHS is diminishing all the time," says Mike Izzard, MD of Premier Choice Group and chairman of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII).
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The Times, May 22, 2008
Is private medical insurance always worth it?

Mike Izzard, MD of Premier Choice Group and chairman of the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII), says: "Choosing PMI is a minefield. It is a very complicated market and is too important to get wrong. It is not like buying car insurance. If you get your health cover wrong, you are messing with life and death."
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Cover, April 2008

"The probable next chairman of AMII, Mike Izzard talks to Lucy Quinton about his plans to inject a double dose of energy into the organisation..."
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A Prescription For Change

"Mike Izzard wants the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries to be a force for change. The new AMII chairman tells John Greenwood, of Corporate Advisor magazine, how he intends to make it happen..."
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