CIExpert analysis of Royal London CI changes

'A timely enhancement'

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Alan Lakey reviews the latest raft of changes to Royal London’s critical illness cover and child cover

A year is a long time in the rarefied world of the UK critical illness plan designer and unsurprisingly, some 14 months after its last set of adjustments, Royal London has announced a list of improvements designed to keep it afloat in the quality tables. Previous changes saw Royal London focusing on child cover and this time they are making adjustments to the basic plan design. In line with other insurers HIV/AIDS has been removed from the roster of conditions and one 100% payment condition and four additional payment conditions have been added. Eight conditions have also been reworde...

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