Critical Illness
Aegon records 17% rise in life claims during 2020
CI claims drop 14%
LV= paid 95% of 2020 individual protection claims
Over 9,000 claimants
Insurers expand critical illness market share in 2020
GlobalData research shows
LV= extends terms of life insurance plans
Maximum terms increased
Demand for CI and income protection up over a third during Covid
Three quarters of advisers say insurer relationships have improved
Alan Lakey: The confusion around Less Advanced Cancers
'How does an adviser assess the merits of competing plans?'
Katya Maclean: Critical thinking
'We've been bold and brave in our proposition design'
Critical illness: Seven areas to keep an eye on
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Leading by example
How CI insurers pay out for less advanced cancer of the prostate
Over 50,000 diagnoses in the UK during 2018
Scottish Widows: Spotlight on critical illness
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Critical illness claims falling as men put off seeing doctor
Aegon research shows
Could this be the start of a new conditions race… this time to the bottom?
Tim Lewis on AIG's recent critical illness overhaul
HSBC makes substantial improvements to its critical illness plans
Focus on quality rather than list of conditions
CIExpert: AIG product design is 'revolutionary'
Will 'delight' advisers that focus on quality
AIG Life overhauls critical illness to 'avoid unwanted complexity'
Officially checks out of 'conditions race'
Katya Maclean: The changing face of critical illness
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Protection tech titans iPipeline and CIExpert join forces
Landmark partnership
Alan Lakey: A simple guess is not good enough
‘No two insurers agree on CI conditions’
LV= sees drop in critical illness claims during Covid
H1 2020 claims stats show
Vitality simplification removes 'confusing elements' - CIExpert
‘Step in the right direction’
Alan Lakey: The actual value of additional payment conditions
‘Over the past four years the playing field has changed’
'My payout means we can move on and concentrate on the future'
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