Holloway Friendly: 'Radical' changes to mental health underwriting

'Market-leading'

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

Questions-set to ‘fully’ understand each individual and consider cover without automatic exclusions

In October, we announced that income protection mutual Holloway Friendly had plans to overhaul its approach to underwriting cases with a history of poor mental health. Today, the insurer has launched what it regards as a new, more inclusive philosophy which it said offers a more personalised method which will consider if cover can be provided without automatic exclusions even if medication is already being used. Holloway Friendly's new question set enables each applicant to be assessed individually so that their mental health situation and the way it is managed is fully understood. ...

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