Vitality paid £56.3m in claims and £81m in member benefits in 2018

New Claims and Benefits report

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99.8% of life, 97.8% of income protection and 91.2% of serious illness cover claims paid

VitalityLife today published its Claims and Benefits Report which shows that it paid out £56.3m in claims during 2018 with 99.8% of life, 97.8% of income protection and 91.2% of serious illness cover claims paid. In total 1,417 claims were paid across all products. For the second year, the report combines annual claims information with engagement statistics on the health and wellbeing benefits, which are provided alongside the core protection products, and the impact of these benefits on claim rates. Claims statistics In 2018 VitalityLife paid out £35m in life claims, £20m in serio...

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