Holloway Friendly drops Covid exclusions

As of 15 March

John Brazier
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Holloway Friendly has removed Covid-19 exclusions from all new business, except plans with a one-week deferred period

The mutual confirmed that as of today (15 March) the exclusion had been removed from all new income protection plans with a four- or eight -week deferred period. The society stated it will also be automatically removing the Covid-19 exclusion from any existing plans that have a four- or eight-week deferred period, although the one-week deferred period plan will still have the exclusion as a "precaution". Covid-19 exclusions to new plans with a one-, four- or eight-week deferred period were introduced by Holloway Friendly in March last year in response to the "unknown risks posed by th...

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