Critical Illness

Protected.co.uk has ceased trading after a bid earlier this year was made to restructure and save the business, which had sustained heavy financial losses.

LifeSearch has expanded its long term relationship with Comparethemarket.com to provide a wider range of advised and non-advised quote and buy solutions.

VitalityLife has enhanced its Serious Illness Cover, Business Protection and adviser services as part of a wider product revamp.

Kevin Carr puts forward a solution to keep clients informed as insurers change definitions in critical illness policies.

VitalityLife paid a record amount in claims during 2015, with more than £28m paid in claims on its Life, Serious Illness and Income Protection products.

CIExpert has upgraded its website to allow advisers to make comparisons between new and existing policies when reviewing the merits of replacing a client's existing policy.

Alan Lakey discusses the recent case of Hein Pretorius whose critical illness claims for amputation of a single limb were declined and what advisers can do as policy wordings change over time.

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.

Paradigm Protect has announced the addition of Scottish Widows Protect to its protection panel.

First Complete's Toni Smith explains why her New Year's wish is to narrow the protection gap and how the industry can look at ways of achieving this.