Critical Illness
L&G lifts 'majority' of Covid underwriting restrictions
“Nuanced approach”
Vitality's Serious Illness Cover added to iPipeline comparison service
Available on SolutionBuilder portal
Swiss Re: Individual protection sales fall for the first time since 2013
Term and Health Watch 2021
Vitality removes Covid underwriting restrictions
Effective immediately
Royal London latest insurer to remove Covid underwriting restrictions
Effective immediately
Protection industry pays out £6.2bn on 2020 claims
Up 8% on 2019
Alan Lakey: How useful are CIC claims statistics?
'Look beyond the bare statistics and ask why differentials exist'
Scottish Widows pays out 98% of individual claims during 2020
Totalling £206 million
Partner Insight: Getting the protection conversation started
As part of COVER’s new eBook in partnership with Royal London, we asked advisers about the barriers they frequently face when talking about protection – and what they do to jump over them
Aviva rolls out wellbeing app for direct life customers
DigiCare+ app
iPipeline records 10% intermediary protection sales growth during Q1
Like-for-like rises 7%
Partner Insight: Talking about protection
Ian Smart, Product Architect at Royal London, identifies the key challenges when talking about protection and explains how menu plans and innovative menu tools can ease client decision-making
Royal London pays out on 99.6% of claims in 2020
Totalling £591 million
Iress, Anorak partner on new protection advice platform
For mortgage brokers
'Corporate noise' obfuscating understanding of employee benefits
L&G research shows
Aviva pays 98% of individual protection claims during 2020
Over £1 billion paid out
Group risk market shows growth in a difficult situation
'A tremendous tribute to the market'
Swiss Re: Group risk grows 3.6% during pandemic year
Over 13.3 million members covered in 2020
L&G pays 96% of personal protection claims in 2020
Totalling £764m
Schroders takes aim at protection gap with new proposition
‘Growing societal need’
Aegon records 17% rise in life claims during 2020
CI claims drop 14%
Interest in protection growing due to pandemic but myths persist
Drewberry report
