Critical Illness
Big Interview: Legacare's Meg Kirby
Fiona Murphy talks to Meg Kirby, the founder of Legacare, which provides legal advice to patients with terminal or life-threatening illnesses
Cancer: Increasing survival rates and the increasing need for protection
Scottish Widows' Johnny Timpson explains the significance of recent research from Macmillan Cancer Support and why the need for critical illness cover is becoming increasingly strong.
NHS patients missing out on cancer treatments
International report finds access to breast cancer drugs across the UK is falling behind other countries - including Germany, France and Canada - with thousands missing out on life-extending treatments.
CIExpert: The verdict on AIG Life's 'simple' CI plan
AIG Life has launched a simple critical illness plan called Key 3 which incorporates just three conditions - Cancer, Heart Attack and Stroke, writes CIExpert.
Royal London will not add CI to relevant life
Royal London is the next insurer to confirm it will not add critical illness cover to its relevant life policy after conversations with HMRC, COVER can exclusively reveal.
AIG Life launches simple CI which covers three main conditions
AIG Life has launched Key3, a simpler form of critical illness insurance which pays a lump sum upon diagnosis of one of three key medical conditions - cancer, heart attack or stroke.
Aviva's commitment to its relevant life plan with CI remains unchanged
Aviva's commitment to its relevant life plan with critical illness cover has not changed despite Legal & General's recent dialogue with HMRC regarding tax treatment of such plans.
L&G confirms it will not add CI to relevant life after HMRC discussions
Legal & General (L&G) will not add critical illness cover (CIC) to its relevant life plan (RLP) warning it would not be 'compliant with current RLP legislation' and could lead to policyholder detriment after dialogue with HMRC, COVER can exclusively reveal....
NFU Mutual withdraws protection plans to distribute AIG Life policies
NFU Mutual has withdrawn its own protection policies from the market and has partnered with AIG Life to distribute products to customers from 1st August 2016, COVER can exclusively reveal.
Unum adds cancer support to group CI
Unum has added cancer support to its offering for group critical illness customers.
Lifetime ISA withdrawals should cover critical illness - TISA
Should Lifetime ISA restrictions be relaxed?
Aegon appoints new protection director
Aegon UK has appointed Stephen Crosbie to the role of protection director.
Old Mutual Wealth outlines demerger plans; London jobs cut by 15%
London head office seen 15% staff reduction
CIExpert: Friends Life CI 'underlines commitment to quality'
CIExpert has analysed Friends Life's latest critical illness saying it has provided a 'riposte' to AIG's challenge to be the top CI provideer.
Friends Life launches extra care benefit for CI customers
Friends Life, now part of Aviva, has enhanced its Protect+ critical illness cover with the addition of a market-first benefit called extra care cover.
Aegon offers donor cover
Aegon has become the first UK protection provider to offer donor cover as part of a critical illness (CI) policy.
CIExpert: Aegon upgrades critical illness policy
CIExpert has revealed that Aegon has made some substantial improvements to its critical illness cover which elevates it higher within the CIExpert comparative tables.
Old Mutual Wealth to acquire £200m financial planning firm DQS
Acquisition adds £200m in assets
Old Mutual rejoins ABI membership
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has confirmed that Old Mutual Wealth is returning to membership.
Zurich overhauls critical illness offering
Enhancements for new plans
CIExpert: Zurich no longer in the 'relegation zone' with CI plan upgrade
CIExpert has revealed that Zurich has refreshed its critical illness plans- adding three 100% conditions twenty additional payment conditions.
L&G paid £1.9 million in children's critical illness claims
Legal & General has published claims statistics revealing that the insurer paid out £1.9 million in children's critical illness claims in 2015.
Royal London urges govt to look beyond the sugar tax to tackle obesity
Royal London is urging the government to take further steps towards tackling the obesity epidemic which it believes will not be solved by the sugar tax alone.
Old Mutual faces shareholder revolt over 'unusual' CEO pay package
Proposed package equals 1,000% of base salary
