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Is anyone here a member of the British Mountaineering Council or Mountaineering Scotland?

I'm considering joining but can't work out if Personal Accident Insurance is a benefit of membership. I know Public Liability insurance is, but Personal Accident cover is buried deep in the provider's document portal and I'm getting muddled.

Can anyone clarify, please?

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Flood insurers 'having a lend' as premiums triple in parts of outback Qld
By Grace Nakamura

Six councils in south-west Queensland have banded together to protest an eye-watering increase in insurance premiums of up to 300 per cent.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-14/flo

ABC News · South-west Queensland councils take on major insurers as flood cover triplesBy Grace Nakamura

I'm proud to share a research article our research team recently published. It examines health insurance and non-medical challenges Vietnamese Americans faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Disaggregating data unmasks disparities within different populations. We wouldn't see this if we included this group within the broader Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander umbrella.

mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/189

MDPIExamining Health Insurance and Non-Medical Challenges Among Vietnamese Americans in Texas During the COVID-19 PandemicWhen COVID-19 data on Asian Americans are available, they are frequently aggregated, concealing community-specific concerns. Consequently, there is limited COVID-19 literature on Vietnamese Americans. In this study, we investigated the association between health insurance coverage and non-medical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Vietnamese Americans in Texas. The NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Common Survey 2 was administered electronically in English and Vietnamese and contained 23 questions about non-medical drivers of health, COVID-19 vaccination, and research participation. Vietnamese American adults in Texas were recruited between September 2021 and March 2022 via partnerships with community organizations. Responses were compared and analyzed using logistic regression. Of 217 respondents, 23 (11%) were uninsured. Of the uninsured participants, 43% lost health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Uninsured individuals had significantly higher odds of experiencing non-medical challenges, including obtaining housing (OR = 6.10, p < 0.001), food (OR = 6.41, p < 0.001), and medications (OR = 3.45, p < 0.05) than insured individuals. Uninsured individuals had a significantly longer time-lapse since seeing a healthcare provider (ordinal OR = 0.20, p < 0.05) than insured individuals. Thus, lack of insurance is strongly associated with non-medical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic among Vietnamese Americans in Texas. Disaggregating data can address non-medical drivers of health, advancing equity for marginalized communities.

"Eight years later, two industry groups have been notably restrained as GOP lawmakers consider sweeping new Medicaid cuts: the American Medical Association and the American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes.

At the same time, the two groups are lobbying Republicans, seeking support on other priorities."

kffhealthnews.org/news/article

KFF Health NewsNursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts - KFF Health NewsThe American Medical Association and the leading nursing home trade group both are lobbying Republicans in Congress on other priorities.

Australia's largest super fund sued over death benefit claim delays
By Kate Ainsworth

Australia's largest superannuation fund, Australian Super, is being sued by the corporate regulator for "significant delays" in processing thousands of death benefit claims.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/asi

ABC News · ASIC sues Australian Super over delays in paying death benefit claims to thousands of membersBy Kate Ainsworth

I know there's legal/privacy issues, but there are times I feel the Police /should/ name and shame commercial companies who are driving work #vans around without #insurance (the driver claimed to the officers he only bought the #van that day, but it already had his companys branding *and* he was wearing a branded T-shirt 🤡 ).

If this "entrepreneur" doesn't bother to insure the van, what other insurance is he lacking for the #building work he is doing?

The governments slamming insurers while raking in billions on premiums
By Michael Atkin and Loretta Florance

All Australians pay tax on top of insurance cover but home owners in some states are paying double or triple tax on their policies.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/nsw

ABC News · Politicians criticise insurers, while governments reap billions in taxes on premiumsBy Michael Atkin

"REPUBLICANS OPPOSE MEDICAID CUTS — A majority of President Donald Trump’s voters don’t want Congress to cut Medicaid, a new poll has found, underscoring the politically sensitive decision GOP lawmakers face as their leaders explore proposals to slash spending on the health insurance program for low-income Americans."

politico.com/newsletters/polit

"alleges that Delta Dental embedded tracking technologies from companies like Adobe, Google, Datadog, and Qualtrics on its website. These technologies allegedly intercepted and disclosed users' personally identifiable information and non-public personal health information without consent. According to the filing, this breach was motivated by Delta Dental's desire to gain insights into its plan members for marketing purposes and financial gain"

norcalrecord.com/stories/67019 #Insurance #CorporateCrimes

Northern California Record · Plaintiff accuses Delta Dental (healthcare provider) of Data Privacy ViolationsA new class action lawsuit has been filed against Delta Dental accusing them of breaching data privacy laws by unlawfully sharing users' personal health information with third-party tech firms like Google and Adobe without consent.

Anthony Albanese says insurers are 'ripping off' Australians
By Jake Evans

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are on a unity ticket that insurers are "ripping off" Australians — though both their parties are heading to a federal election without any proposal to change that.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/ant

ABC News · Anthony Albanese says insurers are 'ripping off' AustraliansBy Jake Evans

Anthony Albanese says insurers are 'ripping off' Australians
By Jake Evans

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are on a unity ticket that insurers are "ripping off" Australians — though both their parties are heading to a federal election without any proposal to change that.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/ant

ABC News · Anthony Albanese says insurers are 'ripping off' AustraliansBy Jake Evans