Critical Illness

Individual Protection

Royal London paid 98% of all claims in 2015

Royal London's UK protection businesses paid 98% of all claims received and made payments totalling more than £250m in 2015.

clock 03 May 2016 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

Old Mutual Wealth makes senior appointments to bolster adviser support

Old Mutual Wealth has appointed Ed Peck to lead its UK distribution team in the South West, with Russell Bignall taking the helm in the North West region.

clock 29 April 2016 • 1 min read

Individual Protection

Equivalent of £10m paid out every day in protection claims -ABI

A record £3.6bn was paid last year in individual protection insurance claims, the equivalent of £10m a day, according to research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI)

clock 29 April 2016 • 2 min read

Whole of Life

Promote e-cigarettes 'widely as smoking substitute'

E-cigarettes are likely to be beneficial to UK public health according to a Royal College of Physicians report.

clock 28 April 2016 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

Aegon adds health and wellbeing support to protection policies

Aegon UK has launched a new health and wellbeing support service for protection customers.

clock 26 April 2016 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

Scottish Widows highlights MS Awareness Week

Scottish Widows is highlighting the importance of financial protection to coincide with Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week which starts on 25 April.

clock 25 April 2016 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

Aviva pays out 92.5% of critical illness claims

Aviva has published its claim statistics for 2015 revealing that the insurer paid out 98.9% of life insurance claims, 92.5% of critical illness 92.4% of income protection claims.

clock 25 April 2016 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

Scottish Widows clarifies children's CI cover eligibility

Scottish Widows has clarified that its children's critical illness cover will pay claims from birth.

clock 19 April 2016 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

London & Country extends partnership with CIExpert

Following a successful pilot, London and Country Mortgages (L&C) is extending its partnership with CIExpert to allow for more integration of the critical illness research tool into its sales process.

clock 12 April 2016 • 1 min read

Income Protection

Group risk: Growing in confidence

Group risk experts have praised levels of market growth highlighted in the latest Swiss Re Group Watch report but warned that the industry must focus on improving group IP.

clock 08 April 2016 • 3 min read