Aviva updates Covid restrictions on individual protection

With immediate effect

John Brazier
clock • 1 min read

Insurer removes ‘most’ Covid-19 underwriting restrictions for individual protection policies as infection rates decrease

In response to the progress of the vaccination programme and declining COVID-19 infections in the UK, Aviva has removed the underwriting restrictions it introduced for individual protection applications at the start of the pandemic. The insurer states that throughout the pandemic it offered individual protection cover to over nine in 10 applicants. By removing Covid-related restrictions, the 2% of applicants who typically have chronic medical conditions that placed them at a higher risk should they have contracted the virus, will be eligible for cover. The underwriting changes go l...

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