Legal & General adds underwriting question for COVID-19

Legal & General has added an addition underwriting question in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19) for its protection application forms. The move follows the insurer's decision to postpone decision-making on an application post-submission. The new question asks individuals about their exposure to and experience of COVID-19 in relation to symptoms at application and advises customers who have been in contact with the virus; experience symptoms of the virus; or tested positive for the virus to reapply at a later date. Ali Crossley, managing director, distribution, Legal & General Insu...