Aviva makes underwriting changes to improve access to insurance

Following a review of its non-medical limits, Aviva has introduced a number of improvements to its underwriting approach to its protection products, excluding Simple Life Insurance. Effective 6 December, Aviva is increasing the threshold at which it sends a client for a doctor examination, replacing these with nurse examinations at lower sum assured values. It is moving the vast majority of routine exercise ECGs to a simple blood test to speed up the process, while also adding this test to its requirements for customers aged 50 and over who need to give a blood sample. Aviva's automat...