CASE STUDY: Why we need to talk about TPD

Friday 10 May

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Join the debate at the COVER Claims Convention on Friday

In June last year in an article for COVER entitled ‘Critical illness - What about the unlucky?', Moneysworth director Andrew Wilkinson explored how difficult-to-diagnosed conditions such as lupus are falling through the cracks of "catch all" definition total permanent disability (TPD). At the COVER Claims Convention this week (Friday 10 May), we will take this discussion further in a case study session entitled ‘Why we need to talk about TPD' featuring Wilkinson himself alongside Jerry Brown, head of underwriting & claims at Salus International. TPD was created to try to ensure pay-ou...

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