Updated: Holloway Friendly launches online underwriting process

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Holloway Friendly has launched an online underwriting process allowing protection advisers to write short term income protection business 'in minutes.'

The online underwriting process allows advisers and their customers to apply for short term income protection benefits of up to £34,000p.a. without triggering any automatic medical limits that can result in delays caused by GP reports and medical evidence being requested. In addition, Holloway Friendly have introduced "more tolerant" BMI tables resulting in quicker and fairer outcomes for applicants.  Holloway told COVER that it now "accepts higher height to weight ratio on standard terms and our loadings for high BMI's are competitive. "For example on our Short Term Income Protect...

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