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What Benefits Can You Get From A Top-Up Insurance Plan?

While we all understand the importance of health insurance, many people are hesitant to buy one for fear of high premiums. For those who are looking to obtain better health coverage at a minimum cost, top-up insurance is a great way to enhance and extend your benefits. Here Pacific Prime UK, take a closer look...

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7 Ways To Reduce Your Health Insurance Premiums In 2021

If there’s one thing we can learn from 2020, it’s that we shouldn’t take our health for granted. With the ongoing pandemic, increasing chronic diseases, and rising healthcare costs, health insurance has turned into a necessity. Securing private health insurance ensures you’ll have the right financial support when you really need it. However, many people...

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4 Categories Of Employee Benefits You Should Know

For applicants looking for a job or HR professionals exploring benefit options, it is good to know of the different types of employee benefits that employers typically offer. For applicants, this knowledge will prove useful when it comes to comparing job offers. Whereas HR professionals can determine the right kinds of benefits that would help...

4 Work From Home Productivity Tips

People all around the world have been given the opportunity to work from home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Some companies are suggesting employees work remotely during the outbreak, while others are requiring them to. Written exclusively for Expat Network by Pacific Prime UK For many, working from home is an entirely new experience and, as...

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Health Insurance: Getting The Best Protection For Your Little Ones

One of the most important responsibilities for moms and dads is to ensure that their child’s physical and mental wellbeing is taken care of. Ensuring that your loved ones have access to the best possible healthcare no matter where you are in the world is, therefore, paramount. Written exclusively for Expat Network by Pacific Prime The...

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Travel Insurance For Expats: Is It What You Really Need?

If there’s one thing that expats around the world do, it’s travel. This may seem like a really obvious statement, seeing as how a person has to travel in order to become an expat, but one doesn’t have to be a genius to look at expat communities in countries around the globe and see that...

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Why Do Insurance Premiums Always Seem To Rise Each Year?

Expats that secure their own health insurance quickly learn that their premiums will rise year-on-year. Health policies aren’t like motor policies where, given you’ve made no claims, you’ll find a discount on your premium for the next coverage period. This article from our sponsor, Pacific Prime Dubai, will help explain why health insurance premiums always...

Head East For Best Salary Increases

According to the latest Salary Trends Report by ECA International (ECA), UK employees in the private sector are expected to see a real salary increase of just 0.2 per cent in 2018, the equivalent of approximately £4.41 a month (£53 pa) for the average worker before tax. This keeps the UK at the bottom of...

Sponsored: Health Insurance Exclusions You Need To Know

Health insurance is an important consideration for every expat. A robust health policy offers extensive protection against a wide range of medical procedure costs, thus ensuring that the policyholder gets the treatment they need without breaking the bank. One thing to be aware of, however, is that health insurance plans won’t cover everything. To avoid...