Rising costs hurt Bupa's UK arm

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Private medical group Bupa has reported a sharp fall in UK profits as it continues to battle the trend of falling customer numbers and higher claims costs.

The organisation, which has warned for some time that the health insurance sector is in the grips of an affordability crunch, suffered a 22% drop in profits to £109.7 million in a "disappointing" year in the UK.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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