Guardian updates application criteria for cover

The new criteria will require applicants to: Have lived in the UK for the past six months and have the right to remain. Be currently registered with a UK doctor. The requirements will be in place for applicants seeking Guardian's Life Protection, Life Essentials, Critical Illness Protection or Combined Life and Critical Illness Protection products. Previously, the provider required applicants to have lived in the UK and have been registered with a UK GP for at least two years. Hilary Banks, chief commercial officer, Guardian, said: "One thing that was holding them [advisers...