British Friendly rolls out income protection enhancements

The mutual society has announced that as of 12 November occupations will be underwritten up-front across all income protection products, so that members who change occupations during the term of the policy will not have to be underwritten again. Members can now also opt for claim benefits to be paid directly to their mortgage provider, avoiding any impact on Universal Credit means-tested benefits, while GP and UK residency criteria has been reduced from three to two years.  Meanwhile, two new Guaranteed Insurability Options have been introduced to include rental and salary increases, ...