Life insurance

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The Exeter has said it plans to enter the impaired lives protection market.

Capita Life & Pensions has launched a direct-to-customer digital protection system.

VitalityLife has introduced 'Vitality Lite' which features significantly lower minimum monthly premiums.

AIG Life has brought in underwriting changes in a bid to speed up the application process for customers.

Aviva is advancing life cover payments to help families meet funeral costs by increasing the amount it can pay in advance to £11,000.

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition, has announced a new relationship with funeral plan provider, Golden Charter.

The Right Will and Estate Planning Ltd has launched a referral service for advisers to offer their clients Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Andy Walton, Protection Proposition Director, Mortgage Advice Bureau talks to Fiona Murphy about the 'art of selling protection' and other observations on the protection market.

Aegon has said it will save advisers and their customers about 'five days of waiting' following improvements made to its back-office systems and underwriting processes.