Critical Illness

Income Protection

LV= overhauls IP and CI products

LV has overhauled its income protection (IP) and critical illness (CI) offerings, including extending coverage on both to age 70.

clock 08 March 2011 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

Onus on insurers to make CI changes work - Defaqto

Defaqto believes the onus is on insurers to make the new ABI critical illness (CI) statement of best practice a success.

clock 04 March 2011 • 1 min read

Income Protection

LV= improves CI and IP claims paid figures

LV= has improved its claims paid figures for both critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) during last year.

clock 22 February 2011 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

ABI targets TPD with new CI statement of best practice

The ABI has published its latest update to the critical illness (CI) statement of best practice which it hopes will improve customer understanding of the product.

clock 21 February 2011 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

Zurich rejects less than 1% of CI claims for non-disclosure

Zurich has revealed that less than 1% of its critical illness claims were declined for non-disclosure last year.

clock 02 February 2011 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

Advisers at risk after trade body mix-up on CI guides

Advisers are at risk of further FSA action as miscommunication between AIFA and the ABI means many are not aware of critical illness (CI) sales guidelines released last year.

clock 02 February 2011 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

COVER poll and result: Advisers reject TPD reforms

The ABI's reforms of Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) definitions on critical illness (CI) policies have not been well received by advisers.

clock 28 January 2011 • 1 min read

Term Assurance

Ageas launches low initial cost protection - Low Start

Recently rebranded Ageas Protect has launched ‘Low Start', a personal protection product offering the same cover as its YourLife Plan at a lower initial cost.

clock 27 January 2011 • 1 min read

Whole of Life

Bupa raises protection medical underwriting limits

Bupa has raised medical underwriting limits on its life and critical illness plans.

clock 21 January 2011 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

Bright Grey extends three CI definitions to ABI+

Bright Grey has extended the definitions of three critical illnesses it covers.

clock 21 January 2011 • 1 min read