Adviser calls for additional underwriting flexibility

‘Inconsistencies making it very difficult’

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

Life insurers should offer cover and underwrite later for borderline cases stuck in the pipeline, says Heath Protection Solutions MD

While she welcomed insurer attempts to increase underwriting flexibility the during COVID-19 crisis so far, protection adviser Naomi Greatorex still feels more could be done to help her clients get cover. The Heath Protection Solutions managing director has urged for increased leeway on cases which have been stuck in the pipeline due to GP reports (GPRs) or medical evidence requirements. Even though some insurers have resumed requesting evidence after initially stopping, Greatorex recently found one insurer refusing to accept anything other than automatic evidence. For one case, a ...

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