Our top 25 news stories of 2019

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The biggest news stories on COVER from over the past 12 months

1.Travel insurer ‘failed to fulfil obligations' to man who suffered heart attack - FOS COVER exclusively leaked the findings of an interim Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) case report regarding travel insurer tifgroup following the death of a holidaymaker who had a heart attack while abroad. With the case is still ongoing, in December we reported that Fairer Finance has removed tigroup product ratings from its site. 2. Mental Health: Industry wants more flexibility around underwriting The Protection Review Mental Health Study found that almost half of consumers would rather answer questions...

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