Underwriting
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
Andrew Clark: Building customer trust
Munich Re's alternative solution to speed up the life application process without compromising underwriting credibility
Is underwriting improving?
Technology and customer expectations have moved on, but has the industry? Suzanne Clarkson investigates…
IRM releases new risk management model guide
The Institute of Risk Management's (IRM) Internal Model Industry Forum (IMIF) has published its eighth guidance document for the insurance market
Craig Hooper: Mitigating event risk
Health management consultant Craig Hooper discusses mitigating risk, duty of care and healthcare management for insurers and event managers of mass gatherings and large public events
Disease of the Month: Occupational skin disorder (OSD)
Vitality Life's Fergus Bescoby describes the underwriting implications of Occupational Skin Disorder.
What the US election taught us about insurers' duty to use data responsibly
Torquil McLusky explains the importance of understanding statistics properly, and using the information gleened responsibly
How will new alcohol limits affect the underwriting process?
Hannover Re's Kate Ramsay examines the effect on the insurance market of new recommendations for the safe alcohol limit.
Is technology improving the protection sales process?
Zurich's Richard Sadler looks at how technical innovations are affecting the way in which people buy protection products.
Analysis: BMA urges GPs not to comply with insurer SARs
GPs providing full patient medical records to insurers risk breaking data protection laws, the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned. Cover looks at this industry practice in greater depth
Exeter Family Friendly sees instant decision rate of 70%
Exeter Family Friendly has seen a further 10% increase in the proportion of applicants receiving instant underwriting decisions for income protection (IP) since their adoption of UnderwriteMe.
