MetLife pays 92% of individual protection claims

MetLife claims data from 2020 shows that it paid 14,036 individual protection claims over the past 12 months. It also paid 7,362 hospitalisation and 353 funeral benefit claims last year. Almost 90% of hospitalisation claims for sickness related admissions. Its figures also show that the pandemic had a significant impact of people's health in 2020, with MetLife paying out 244 claims totalling £434,204 in benefit for claims directly caused by Covid-19. Around 4000 claims for children were paid - an average of 15 per day - as were 118 Optional Active Lifestyle benefit claims, said Met...