Underwriting

The FSA has responded to an industry provider letter regarding the phase out of financial advisers collating medical information.

Aviva is piloting Subject Access Requests to explore the benefits of obtaining customer's full medical reports for underwriting.

Ageas' incoming business protection proposition will be heavily based on online capability.

Ageas does not have a re-price proposition for G-day.

Mining third parties and affinity sources for consumer data needs to be the next step in protection innovation as gender falls away, Ageas has said.

Underwriting is all about gathering relevant information in the quickest time with the highest quality. Catherine Lyons looks at the impact of underwriting changes/developments in the past 10 years

As the nation ages, so will the client base of many advisers. Fergus Bescoby assesses longevity and its impact on underwriting.

Another government, another NHS IT strategy. And as usual we lurch from one polarity to another.

Insurer's ability to rapidly reprice protection products will be essential in the wake of the Gender Directive on 21 December, Zurich has said.

Widespread errors in government and financial sector estimates of life expectancy could cost billions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.