Adviser firm Vita shares a customer claims story on how critical illness cover helped a breast cancer patient stay in work and achieve some personal goals.
AIG Life paid 91.4% of critical illness claims it received in 2015, an increase on the previous year, and paid over £15.6m to its customers.
LifeSearch revealed an 8% increase in profits in its financial results for the year ending August 2015 at its annual awards.
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.