PruProtect has released a more affordable version of its life and critical illness policy.
Legal and General has amended its group critical illness cover.
Bright Grey paid nine in every 10 critical illness (CI) claims in the first half of 2009.
Scottish Provident paid out on 93% of all claims assessments concluded between January and June 2009 (an increase of six percentage points on the first half of 2008).
Insurers are now paying out on more than 88% of critical illness (CI) claims as the industry battle to stamp out non-disclosure shows signs of success, according to LifeSearch.
Pulse Insurance has entered the Income protection (IP) market. As with the firm's life and medical products it will be aimed at the impaired life and difficult to place market.
Just how clear is the future for critical illness? Steve Casey outlines the factors contributing to the product's future.
Do you think that the introduction of Bright Grey's new cut-down CI policy, set to be sold exclusively online, will impact customers that would previously have visited an IFA? Is this the shape of things to come?
Providers looking to enhance CI products must consider the effect on systems and pricing, and whether further underwriting is required. Julie Hopkins explores how cover can be retrospectively amended.
Bupa has made extensive changes to its critical illness (CI) product. The provider will be making a...