Critical Illness
CIExpert analyses Aviva critical illness cover changes
Aviva, fresh from its substantial upgrade last November - when it absorbed market-leading Friends Life and introduced tiers of cover - has added further enhancements to its impressively comprehensive plans, writes CIExpert's Alan Lakey.
Aviva doubles child CI cancer payout to £50k
Aviva has enhanced its Life Insurance+ and Critical Illness+ products by making changes to four definitions which centre on the most common payment areas of heart conditions, strokes and cancers.
Aegon reminds parents to check critical illness policies
Aegon is reminding parents to check their critical illness (CI) policies and has shared information for child CI claims since 2007 in recognition of childhood cancer awareness month.
Old Mutual Wealth splits £16bn multi-asset business from OMGI
Ahead of planned 2018 listing
Four ways to broach the protection conversation
Johnny Timpson suggests four ways to kick off the financial protection conversation in the latest instalment in a series of monthly articles from Scottish Widows.
CI Statement of Best Practice: The "early stages" of significant change?
Munich Re gives its views on the early stage cancer debate as part of the ABI's CI Statement of Best Practice consultation.
The development of CI cover
As part of COVER's 20th Anniversary series, Fiona Murphy talks to Scottish Widows' Johnny Timpson about the critical illness market.
Aegon pays 95% of critical illness claims
Aegon paid 95% of individual critical illness (CI) claims in the first half of 2017, maintaining the same level of CI claims that were paid for the whole of 2016.
Analysis: Intermediaries criticise early details of ABI CI Statement of Best Practice
Industry figures have said that the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Statement of Best Practice for Critical lllness Cover consultation has not yet involved intermediaries in a meaningful way as media reports have indicated that proposals currently...
Critical illness cover? Let's kill it off
Ian Sawyer, managing director of Assured Futures, puts forward some controversial views on the relevance of critical illness cover compared to income protection.
Protection claims for skin cancer have fallen - Aegon
Aegon has reported that critical illness claims due to skin cancer have nearly halved since 2010.
Critical illness often compounded by financial pressures - research
‘Support network’ also hit – Royal London
CI: Has the industry got its priorities right?
What would you rate as the most important product feature of critical illness cover to your clients?
In Partnership introduces CIExpert's service to network members
Network In Partnership has made CIExpert's analysis service available for its members.
Asking questions of FOS protection decisions
Alan Lakey discusses Financial Ombudsman (FOS) complaints in relation to protection.
CIExpert reviews Canada Life CI upgrade
CIXpert reviews Canada Life's upgrades to to the critical illness component of its CanProtect policies.
Scottish Widows highlights Stroke Awareness Month
To coincide with Stroke Awareness Month in May, Scottish Widows is highlighting the nation's lack of a financial back-up plan should a serious condition like this be diagnosed.
VitalityLife adds 'Cancer Relapse Benefit' in Serious Illness Cover upgrade
VitalityLife has made three enhancements to its Serious Illness Cover product that the insurer believes will lead to "more claims and, therefore, more pay outs for customers."
Protection needs highlighted as govt scraps housing benefit for the under-22s
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has scrapped housing benefit for young adults aged 18-21 in proposals put forward in parliament on Friday 3rd March.
Scottish Widows highlights cancer awareness campaigns
With three national cancer awareness campaigns taking place in March - Prostate Cancer, Ovarian Cancer and Brain Tumour - Scottish Widows is highlighting the fact that millions of Britons are under-protected should serious illness strike.
Scottish Widows updates critical illness definitions
Scottish Widows has updated the critical illness definitions for Scottish Widows Protect, COVER can exclusively reveal.
CIExpert describes Scottish Widows CI changes as 'progressive'
Alan Lakey, director of CIExpert analyses the latest changes from Scottish Widows to its Protect critical illness product.
Claims statistics: A reminder that the protection industry is not the sole preserve of insurers
Alan Lakey defends the publication of claims statistics and argues that insurers should go much further.
Zurich reports significant growth in critical illness sales to Q4 2016
Zurich has reported a 20% increase in applications for critical illness policies during the first 9 months of 2016, with over 30,000 new policies sold during this period.
