Critical Illness
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
Critical Illness
Aviva paid 92.5% of critical illness (CI) claims during the first six months of the year.
05 September 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) this week revealed that nine in every ten claims made under a critical illness (CI) policy in 2010 was paid by the insurer.
31 August 2011
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3 min read
Individual PMI
A long-term plan to provide more US citizens with health insurance may fall short of hitting its targets as it is still too expensive for a lot of people, according to reports.
30 August 2011
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1 min read
