Underwriting
Mental health: Insurers 'must not stick to rigid yes/no tick boxes'
COVER examines mental health underwriting following The Telegraph story revealing refused life cover for bereaved woman who sought counselling
Jonathon Brown appointed CEO of Compare the Market
He joins on 23 October from PhotoBox
UnderwriteMe selects Yellowfin to deliver front-end analytics
Online price comparison and underwriting service offers embedded solution to help insurers access and manage data
UnderCOVER: Comparing B2C quote comparison tools
What, asks an unnamed adviser, are the best online solutions for protection IFAs?
BGL Group selects analytics vendor to 'simplify' life insurance
Yellowfin chosen by digital distributor to 'improve' customer journey
COVER Summit Video: UnderwriteMe's Phil Jeynes
Bringing protection sales into the new era using digital underwriting techniques
UnderwriteMe overhauls questionnaire and integrates Defaqto
Price comparison tool switches from insurer questionnaire format to customized style with 'catch-all questions' to reduce sales time
Pippa Keefe named director of strategic accounts for UnderwriteMe
She will promote the benefits of the quote and compare underwriting service to UK distributors and networks
Is TPD really broken?
Survey finds 20% reduction in declined claims in a decade
Aegon joins UnderwriteMe
Nine major insurers now fully available on the quote and comparison service
Aegon adds family income benefit to online protection application
Majority of people would prefer monthly income to lump sum, says survey
Emergency Risk: Organ transplantation
Our monthly focus from VitalityLife returns. Underwriting specialist Fergus Bescoby explores organ transplants and the rise in donations
HSBC Life joins UnderwriteMe
Total of major insurers available on comparison service reaches nine
AIG Life joins UnderwriteMe
Critical illness upgrades now live on online cover comparison service
Industry reaction: FCA feedback on Access To Insurance
Comments from ABI, CII, advisers and provider following Financial Conduct Authority's call for better access to insurance for pre-existing medical conditions
COVER Protection and Health Summit returns for 2018
Our industry conference comes to The Hilton Bankside, London, on Thursday 4 October
Swiss Re Term & Health Watch: Sales up 11.6% in 2017
Overall increase of 21.1% for critical illness - highest level of growth since 2012
AIG Life: Income protection and CIC for cancer survivors
Coverage under YourLife Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover policies available for cancer survivors
UnderwriteMe appoints Julie Evans as COO
She will be responsible for technical, implementation and customer support, as well as product management
Emergency risk: Obesity
VitalityLife's Fergus Bescoby explores the rise of obesity and its implications
Vicki Livingstone: Protection, privacy and penalties
Surely paper-based GP reporting can't work post GDPR? Munich Re's Vicki Livingstone looks at how next month's regulation change can fuel new technologies and how insurers can improve interactions with GPs
Andrew Wibberley to join Vitality
He will start the post as director of underwriting and claims for VitalityLife in June
Scott Cadger: Revolution or evolution?
How underwriting can help simplify the sales journey
Hayley Robinson joins Zurich as UK chief underwriting officer
Previously she was managing director of global risk solutions, UK & international, for RSA
