Consolidation of "market-leading" position with better quality of choice and by mirroring Aviva's two-pronged approach to children's cover
Critical Illness Extra (CIx) supports a total of 95 conditions and includes children's cover as well as virtual GP service plus RedArc nurses
New version is "a different beast entirely" compared to individual CIC plans, says Alan Lakey
"Any upgrade is welcome if the result is more claims paid," says CIExpert's Alan Lakey
Customers will be able to choose between 'no cover', 'standard cover' and 'enhanced cover' for children within CIC, which can now include 12 additional child-specific conditions.
CIExpert has analysed the launch of Aviva's business protection policies and described its Relevant Life plan with integrated critical illness cover as a ‘breakthrough' for the protection market.
Alan Lakey discusses why advisers should pay closer attention to the differences in children's cover offered by insurers
Network Openwork has teamed up with CIExpert to promote the use of its knowledgebase to help members boost their protection business.
CIExpert has described Friends Life's changes to its critical illness (CI) product as offering 'a number of significant improvements'.
SimplyBiz will be advocating the use of CIExpert by their members to enhance their protection business in a series of protection-focused events across the country.