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.
CIExpert said that AIG Life has ‘laid down a challenge to other providers with substantial enhancements to its critical illness plan.'
AIG Life has made a series of major improvements to its Critical Illness with Term Assurance.
CIExpert gives its view on the latest critical illness changes from Legal & Genera..
Legal & General has announced changes to its critical illness cover (CIC) to incorporate the Association of British Insurers' Statement of Best Practice 2014.