Total & Permanent Disability (TPD)

The results to COVER's June poll were pretty decisive, and now we're asking for your views on another of the protection market's pressing issues.

June's COVER poll is asking your reaction to the proposed new name for Total and Permanent Disability.

Total and permanent disability (TPD) could soon be re-named irreversible life-changing disability if proposals from the Association of British Insurers are accepted.

Aegon has extended its tele-claims service to income protection, waiver of premium and total and permanent disability products.

Aegon has launched a tele-claims service allowing customers to file all of their details with the insurer without filling in a single form, which it says could halve the time it takes to pay out on claims.

The Law Commission has called for a shakeup of outdated laws governing care provided to the elderly and disabled.

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