BUPA
Type	Provident association
Founded	1947
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	Val Gooding, CEO
Industry	Healthcare
Revenue	GBP3,627 million (2004)
Employees	44,000 (2004)
Website	www.bupa.com

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Overview and history

BUPA began as The British United Provident Association in 1947. Its biggest and original business is health insurance in the UK for individuals, companies and other organisations. More than half of the UK's top companies are BUPA customers. BUPA has two main call centres for members in the UK, in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, and Staines. The company's main headquarters are based in London and there are offices for the international arm of the company, based in Brighton. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Health insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. ... Categories: Stub | Greater Manchester ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England and has a population of 2. ... Staines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and part of the London Commuter Belt of South East England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other places with the same name, see Brighton (disambiguation). ...

The company is known for its sponsorship of main events, such as the Great North Run, held annually in Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Great South Run, held annually in Portsmouth. Sponsorship can refer to several concepts: A sponsors support of an event, activity, person, or organization. ... The Great North Run is the worlds most popular half marathon (13. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...

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A global health and care specialist

BUPA is now a global health and care specialist with services that include:

• health insurance
• hospitals
• cosmetic surgery
• care homes
• health assessments
• health at work services
• childcare

BUPA has businesses in Asia, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. It also owns several healthcare companies overseas including Spain's largest healthcare company, Sanitas, and acquired IHI Danmark (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Amedex (Miami, USA) in September 2005. Health insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. ... A hospital today is an institution for professional health care provided by physicians and nurses. ... Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. ... A nursing home is a place of residence for people who require constant medical care, but at a lower level than a hospital. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Childcare is the act of caring for and supervising minor children. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat...

On 14th December 2006, BUPA announced it would leave the Irish market following a warning that the company would have to pay €161m over the next three years to support its main rival, Vhi Healthcare, who demanded that "risk equalisation" would be required to be subsidised from BUPA. Vhi Heathcare has more older members, which results in more claims, and that the health insurance market would need to help them, to keep providing the services. BUPA Ireland operated from it corporate headquarters in Dublin, and its call centre in Fermoy, Co. Cork. On January 31st 2007, BUPA Ireland announced a takeover agreement with Quinn Group, resulting in BUPA Ireland transferring around 750,000 members and saving over 300 jobs. [1] The Voluntary Health Insurance Board (An Bord Árachais Sláinte Shaorálaigh in Irish language) - which trades under the brand name Vhi Healthcare, and is still commonly refered to in Ireland as The VHI - is the largest health insurance company in the Republic of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...

Provident status

As a provident association, BUPA does not have shareholders and reinvests its surpluses into improved health and care facilities such as medical equipment, the latest technology and buildings.

Medical research

BUPA annually awards nearly £1.5 million in grants to the BUPA Foundation, an independent charitable foundation that supports projects to advance medical knowledge and improve treatments. A Foundation is a kind of philanthropic organization, set up by either individuals or institutions as a legal entity (usually either a corporation or a trust) with the purpose of distributing grants to support causes in line with the goals of the foundation. ...

Leadership

BUPA's chief executive Val Gooding, who has been in the position since 1998, is ranked as the 16th most powerful businesswoman in the world according to Fortune magazine. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Categories: Magazines stubs | Time Warner subsidiaries | Business magazines ...

External links

• BUPA website
• BUPA Health Insurance
• BUPA Cosmetic Surgery
• BUPA International website
• Sanitas website
• IHI Danmark website
• Amedex website
• BUPA Foundation website