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'Yes and no': Are Covid underwriting changes reasonable?

COVER survey results revealed today

  • Underwriting
  • 22 September 2020
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Most wanted employee benefit is income protection, study finds

Only 6% currently receiving it

  • Employee Benefits
  • 28 July 2020
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EXCLUSIVE: Survey shows anxiety levels spike during lockdown

Based on COVER Deskflix viewers data

  • Group Protection
  • 22 July 2020
An in-depth look at the 2016 Group Risk Market
An in-depth look at the 2016 Group Risk Market

The UK Group Risk market - more employees and premiums, but still too few employers writes Paul Avis.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 17 November 2016
Insurance least popular to work in for millennial women

The insurance industry is the least popular financial services industry to work in for women from the millennial generation, a survey by PwC has found.

  • Insurer
  • 09 June 2015
The public prefer severity based CI to traditional - PruProtect

An independent survey, commissioned by PruProtect has found 61% prefer severity based critical illness (CI)cover, when comparing to traditional policies.

  • Critical Illness
  • 03 April 2012
UK is aware it is neglecting its health - research

Nearly half of all Britons are neglecting their health and fitness, research has found.

  • Individual Protection
  • 27 July 2011
Insurance brands least favourite with public - research

Insurance and pension brands fare the worst in financial services, research from brand agency Uffindell has found.

  • Insurer
  • 25 July 2011
Group PMI - Wishful thinking

The reform of the NHS is dominating many discussions in private healthcare circles, but Owain Thomas unearths another government initiative that could have a greater impact

  • Group PMI
  • 08 June 2011
Stress absence takes its toll in public sector - Grid

As stress takes its toll, 33% of public sector employers said their average employee takes more than five days off sick per year, compared to 15.9% in the private sector.

  • Income Protection
  • 18 May 2011
Individual critical illness: KISS and make up?

With changes afoot in the critical illness market, Owain Thomas asks if its time for the sector to put aside its differences and move forward

  • Critical Illness
  • 13 May 2011
Comparison sites biggest threat to insurance brokers

Around two thirds of insurance brokers have highlighted price comparison sites as their greatest challenge, according to a new survey.

  • Service
  • 06 May 2011
A sting in the tail

There has been much to smile about this year in the group life market, but as Owain Thomas discovers, there is still one problem that could see advisers on the hook for millions of pounds in uninsured liabilities

  • Group Protection
  • 13 April 2011
Families protect their posessions before themselves - Nationwide

Families have more cover in place for their property and possessions than they do to protect themselves and their families, statistics from Nationwide have shown.

  • Individual Protection
  • 11 April 2011
Long term absence a major headache among employers - research

Long term absence is a business affecting issue for 50% of employers, with 27% claiming it as a ‘major headache', new research from Aviva has found.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 28 March 2011
Emerging from the shadows - Health Cash Plans

With medical inflation continuing to rise apace, Owain Thomas finds a viable and increasingly popular alternative that fits tighter purse strings

  • Cashplans
  • 08 March 2011
Hospital comparisons difficult due to poor data capture - Dr Foster

The reporting of medical events in NHS hospitals is seriously affecting the ability to make informed decisions about where to receive treatment, medical analysts have found.

  • PMI
  • 29 November 2010
Vulnerability Index shows protection needs shoring up - Genworth Financial

Insurer Genworth Financial has warned consumers risk debt problems and lowered standards of living due to inadequate protection levels.

  • Individual Protection
  • 19 November 2010
A rosy looking future

The UK private medical insurance (PMI) sector has being going through a tough time in recent years, so perhaps, writes Owain Thomas, it is time for healthcare intermediaries to take a look at the bigger international picture

  • International PMI
  • 01 November 2010
It's not me, it's you

In every relationship there comes a time where the real value of it is revealed to both parties. Over the last year it seems many holders of individual PMI policies have been weighing that very question up, and as Owain Thomas writes, the answer is increasingly...

  • PMI
  • 11 October 2010
The onus is on you

The individual critical illness market has long been one of the most competitive in the protection industry, but, writes Owain Thomas, could controversial new plans and a battle over definitions see it break out into open warfare?

  • Critical Illness
  • 13 September 2010
Friends Provident - NHS must charge for poor lifestyle choice

The NHS will have no choice but to remove some free treatment currently available and to penalise unhealthy behaviour, Friends Provident believes.

  • PMI
  • 02 August 2010
UK under insured and overpaying on life cover - confused.com

Less than half the adult population have life insurance cover, and few have ever switched their life insurance provider, meaning that as a nation we are under-insured and could well be over-paying for inadequate cover, according to new research.

  • Term Assurance
  • 26 July 2010
Stress not addressed by firms - European survey

Up to 79% of European managers are concerned by work-related stress, but less than a third have procedures to deal with it, the biggest workplace health and safety survey in Europe has found.

  • Group Protection
  • 03 June 2010

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