BUDGET 2010: Healix predicts IPT related PMI premium hike
Healthcare trust specialist Healix has predicted an increase in private medical insurance on the back of the 1% rise in insurance premium tax announced in yesterday’s emergency budget.
Chancellor George Osborne revealed plans to increase IPT to 6% from 4 January 2011 but Healix sales and marketing director Steve Hook believes that it will raise the cost of PMI.
He said: "The 1%
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