High blood pressure disclosures on the rise

Scottish Widows data

Cameron Roberts
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Protection provider, Scottish Widows, has released data that showed an increase in high blood pressure disclosures since 2021.

The provider said the disclosures had more than doubled over the last three years. The number of disclosures increased to 12.5% in 2023, from 6% in 2021. Scottish Widows, which has updated its underwriting rules for hypertension acceptance, said that 2021 figures were unusually low due to Covid-19. However, it did also mention that high blood pressure disclosures had exceeded expected norms. The provider's change in underwriting rules increased the acceptance of high blood pressure disclosures to just under 90%, up from 70% before the changes. Scott Cadger, head of underwriting str...

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