Concern over insurance firms’ payment

By Gary Culliton. The HSE has expressed concern that “accelerated income” paid by private insurance companies in 2012 is being recouped by these firms in the current year. The accelerated insurance income received by the HSE in December 2012 would need to continue this year, the Executive has said. The upfront payment would “be required to rollover in 2013 or it will have an adverse effect on the HSE Vote”, the Executive has said. Urgent action was needed on this front, the Executive stressed, as meeting private insurance cash targets would affect both the HSE Vote and the Income and…