Individual Protection

Legal & General has today announced it has improved its financial underwriting criteria for customers taking out life insurance and critical illness cover.

The chance of surviving a heart attack is far lower in the UK than Sweden, a new study has found.

UK professionals could find themselves struggling to meet the cost of Christmas debt repayments in the event of having to take sick leave, an insurer has warned.

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Aegon has substantially improved its critical illness plan, according to critical illness comparison site CIExpert.

Aegon UK said it is ‘continuing its drive back to the top of the protection market' with improvements to its Critical Illness (CI)cover.

Confidence and overall business volumes in the life insurance sector ‘rose strongly' over the past three months to its highest level since the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was introduced, a survey suggests.

LifeQuote has added critical illness (CI) to Quote+ which it expects to lead to higher conversions for brokers and more clients accepted at standard rates.

Income protection (IP) has scope for a money-back guarantee so the premium is returned to the consumer in the event it does not pay out as expected, delegates heard at the launch of the IPTF's Signposts for Income Protection.

Skandia has announced it has added joint life last death rates to its market-leading Rolling Term life cover.