Critical Illness

Critical Illness

Alan Lakey: How useful are CIC claims statistics?

'Look beyond the bare statistics and ask why differentials exist'

clock 13 May 2021 • 4 min read

Individual Protection

Scottish Widows pays out 98% of individual claims during 2020

Totalling £206 million

clock 12 May 2021 • 2 min read

Insurer

Aegon records 17% rise in life claims during 2020

CI claims drop 14%

clock 31 March 2021 • 3 min read

Individual Protection

LV= paid 95% of 2020 individual protection claims

Over 9,000 claimants

clock 10 March 2021 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

Insurers expand critical illness market share in 2020

GlobalData research shows

clock 03 March 2021 • 1 min read

Underwriting

Insurers sign up for Explaining Underwriting Decisions agreement

19 firms

clock 01 March 2021 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

LV= extends terms of life insurance plans

Maximum terms increased

clock 25 February 2021 • 1 min read

Adviser / Broking

Demand for CI and income protection up over a third during Covid

Three quarters of advisers say insurer relationships have improved

clock 16 February 2021 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

Alan Lakey: The confusion around Less Advanced Cancers

'How does an adviser assess the merits of competing plans?'

clock 15 February 2021 • 5 min read

Critical Illness

Katya Maclean: Critical thinking

'We've been bold and brave in our proposition design'

clock 20 January 2021 • 5 min read