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Defaqto

Defaqto updates critical illness comparison tool
Defaqto updates critical illness comparison tool

CIC Compare

  • Critical Illness
  • 04 September 2019
SimplyBiz acquires Defaqto for £74m
SimplyBiz acquires Defaqto for £74m

'Will remain an independent business'

  • Adviser / Broking
  • 20 March 2019
Defaqto launches critical illness comparison tool
Defaqto launches critical illness comparison tool

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  • Technology
  • 12 February 2019
UnderwriteMe overhauls questionnaire and integrates Defaqto
UnderwriteMe overhauls questionnaire and integrates Defaqto

Price comparison tool switches from insurer questionnaire format to customized style with 'catch-all questions' to reduce sales time

  • Underwriting
  • 04 September 2018
Steve Bryan: Beyond the Defaqto stats
Steve Bryan: Beyond the Defaqto stats

What do lower provider numbers and fewer products really mean for income protection and advisers?

  • Income Protection
  • 21 May 2018
Industry reaction: Income protection plans on the decline?
Industry reaction: Income protection plans on the decline?

Recent Defaqto figures show a 13% fall in IP plans available on the market, but does this mean the cover available is decreasing in quality?

  • Income Protection
  • 27 March 2018
13% decrease in IP plans since 2013
13% decrease in IP plans since 2013

Income protection decline leaving customers at risk of limited payment policies

  • Income Protection
  • 23 March 2018
Intrinsic launches critical illness comparison tool with Defaqto
Intrinsic launches critical illness comparison tool with Defaqto

Almost 60% of financial advisers struggle to complete all their tasks in a single day

  • Technology
  • 02 March 2018
Defaqto publishes Service Ratings for protection providers
Defaqto publishes Service Ratings for protection providers

Defaqto has published a review of the service provided by protection providers as rated by financial advisers.

  • Individual Protection
  • 05 April 2017
Ex-Vitality's Nick Telfer joins British Friendly
Ex-Vitality's Nick Telfer joins British Friendly

British Friendly has hired Nick Telfer, previously of Vitality and Defaqto, in the newly created role of head of product and propositions.

  • Income Protection
  • 25 February 2016
A flourishing whole-of-life market?
A flourishing whole-of-life market?

Fiona Murphy finds a ‘vibrant' and ‘growing' whole-of-life market compared with its term assurance sister

  • Whole of Life
  • 08 February 2016
Defaqto 2015 star ratings released

Defaqto has released its 2015 star ratings for financial products, including protection policies, giving each a rating from 1 to 5.

  • Individual Protection
  • 03 February 2015
Defaqto launches star ratings for whole-of-life

Research business Defaqto has added whole-of-life protection policies to its star ratings service.

  • Whole of Life
  • 01 May 2014
Defaqto launches new Life Assurance Star Ratings

Defaqto has launched two new Life Assurance Star Ratings for products that can be purchased by consumers directly without going through a financial adviser.

  • Whole of Life
  • 24 April 2014
Defaqto launches new Protection Service Ratings

Defaqto's Protection Service Satisfaction survey has found the timeliness of processing new business is the most important aspect of service for advisers recommending individual protection products.

  • Individual Protection
  • 09 April 2014
Scottish Provident awarded Defaqto 5 Star

Scottish Provident has been awarded a 5 Star rating for its critical illness plan for the 10th consecutive year.

  • Critical Illness
  • 24 February 2014
Critical things to know about Aegon's critical illness cover

Learn about Aegon's critical illness cover.

  • Critical Illness
  • 03 February 2014
Number of short-term IP policies increases by 120%

The number of short-term income protection (STIP) policies has increased by 120% since 2009, 'outstripping' long-term income protection (IP) sales, research has found.

  • Income Protection
  • 08 July 2013
Over half of CI policies now offer severity based payouts

In ‘an increasing trend towards severity-based critical illness cover' nearly 60% of critical illness policies now offer severity-based cover.

  • Critical Illness
  • 03 July 2013
Healthier Solutions achieves Defaqto five star rating

Healthier Solutions, Aviva's individual private medical insurance has achieved a 5 Star Defaqto rating for its comprehensive level of cover.

  • Individual PMI
  • 24 June 2013
Cover Breakfast Briefing: Defaqto on Cashplans

Ben Heffer, insight analyst of life and protection at Defaqto, explains how the market is more than just a one-dimensional growth story

  • Cashplans
  • 17 April 2013
ONS unemployment data: IP is a must

Income replacement is the most important protection product available, Defaqto has said in light of today's Office for National Statistics unemployment data.

  • Income Protection
  • 20 February 2013
Whole of Life: Down but not out

While many in the industry are predicting the end of whole of life, others are questioning how, post-RDR, it can be used to build more holistic cover, Nicola Culley reports.

  • Individual Protection
  • 14 February 2013
Case study: My client has no protection at all

My client is 35, single and earns a significant wage. He has no protection at all. He rents an expensive property in south west London and has no living relatives. I am trying to advise him on why he needs protection. What types could be best for him...

  • PMI
  • 01 February 2013
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