Piloting the private maze

Jill Insley on services that can help navigate choppy non-NHS waters.

Private medical cover is in crisis

People are cancelling policies as premiums soar. Instead, they are buying treatment direct from hospitals, finds Patrick Collinson.

Cut the cost of medical cover

Rachel Gordon looks at five ways to cut the cost of your medical insurance

Poor advice that led to more than £1,000 wasted in premiums

Tania Shishkin was sold permanent health insurance - but her company already had her covered. Tony Levene reports.

Tempest in a test tube for insurers

Insurers are at loggerheads with an influential committee of MPs over their enthusiasm for genetic testing.

Ensuring our genes are a looser fit

MPs want insurers to suspend testing in their search for future human perfection. Patrick Collinson reports.

James Lovelock

The inventor of Gaia theory and inspiration behind the modern Green movement discusses the end of our civilisation, his friendship with William Golding, and the benefits of nuclear power