Royal London updates non-medical limits for life cover

Changes also made to medical evidence requirements

Jaskeet Briah
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Royal London has announced changes to non-medical limits for life cover and changes to the type of medical evidence requested at certain limits.

The insurer has increased the sum assured at which it first requires routine medical evidence, with improvements having been made across all age bands and the level of sum assured to age 60. For example, the initial threshold for non-medical limits evidence for customers aged 29 or under has grown from £900,001 to £1,000,001, Royal London detailed. It has also made changes to the type of medical evidence requested at certain limits, including reducing the number of GP reports required. Longer paramedical examinations have been replaced with shorter mini-screen examinations which ar...

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