Critical Illness
Critical Illness
The latest issue of COVER included a report that some members of the protection provider community, including the ABI, were unhappy with the way third party agencies rate products.
20 October 2011
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6 min read
Term Assurance
Protection and health insurance complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) leapt sharply in the second three months of the year.
18 October 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
Aviva has added the first partial payments to its critical illness (CI) policy and halved the length of time for a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) claim.
17 October 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
Defaqto and other ratings agencies have been attacked for "driving the wrong behaviour" by encouraging product complexity and being "in danger of misleading consumers".
03 October 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Complaints about critical illness (CI) have spiked sharply over the last six months, the FSA has reported.
28 September 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
PruProtect has produced a microsite for advisers about its serious illness cover product.
27 September 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has given an insight into current complaint trends in critical illness, with a mixed report.
15 September 2011
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2 min read
Underwriting
I have a client making a claim on a critical illness (CI) policy. The provider is suggesting they take a lump sum payment rather than the family income benefit (FIB) they originally bought. I realise there are various arguments for each side, but what...
12 September 2011
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4 min read
Adviser / Broking
Not only will the needs of each and every client who needs a protection policy differ, but advisers also have to factor in the different underwriting processes of providers...
09 September 2011
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3 min read
Critical Illness
Aegon paid 94% of critical illness (CI) claims in the first half of the year, a 3% increase on its overall result for 2010 (91%).
07 September 2011
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1 min read
