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With an ever expanding expatriate market, as the global workforce grows and retirees go in search of warmer climes, the health insurance market is gathering pace

With Christmas behind us and the New Year underway, people's thoughts turn to home, and for expatriates it is no different. Most would say their lives have improved since leaving the UK, yet they still miss traditional British institutions such as Yorkshire puddings, Marks & Spencer and Marmite. Bupa International recently surveyed expats from more than 35 countries about their lives abroad and gained a fascinating insight into how Brits see their homeland - and how it appears to newcomers, too. When people from overseas were asked what they liked about the UK, they placed their new hom...

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