Life Insurance
Best Doctors signs on with Scottish Widows
Medical second opinion service Best Doctors has been introduced to all new Scottish Widows' Protection for Life policies.
Zurich adds renewable and convertable options
Zurich has enhanced its protection products for clients who may need to make alterations to existing cover when their circumstances change.
Life and pensions adviser compensation claims fall 26%
Claims against life and pensions intermediaries fell by a quarter last year according to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
"Pay death claims in a week" - Munich Re
Death claims should be paid quicker and the protection industry needs to support its existing customers better, says Munich Re.
Scot Prov reprices life cover
Scottish Provident will see the majority of its life cover rates reduce after a repricing.
Rias launches over 50s life plan
Rias has launched a new over 50s life assurance policy providing guaranteed cover with a cash lump sum payable on death.
PMI complaints up 27%, IP and CI unchanged
Private medical insurance (PMI) complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) increased by 27% last year.
LV= announces direct to market life cover
LV= has launched a direct to customer cut down life insurance product.
Women don't protect themselves enough despite growing importance - AXA
Women are not protecting themselves against the worst despite being more financially important to their families than ever, new research says.
Aviva slashes GP reports
Aviva has reduced the number of doctor reports requested for life insurance applications by 60%.
L&G to match prices on high net worth protection
Legal and General has announced a guarantee to match any like-for-like competitor quotes for high net worth business.
Aegon CI claim approvals dip below 90%
Aegon paid a marginally lower percentage of critical illness (CI) claims in 2009, but declines due to non-disclosure fell from a half to a third.
Bright Grey increases life claims paid
Bright Grey has announced it paid 96% of life claims last year, an increase of 5% on the previous figures.
Quarter of Britons could access only £100 if unable to work
New research from Aviva has shown that the average British household may only have enough cash to cover bills for 14 days if they lost their source of income.
Capita releases split cover life and CI quotation tool
Capita Financial Software has developed a new quotation service for split cover life and critical illness (CI) policies.
Legal & General increases immediate cover
Legal & General has improved its immediate cover levels for people taking out life only cover (all types) and term assurance with critical illness cover (for business).
LV= revamps adviser website
LV= has launched a new website for advisers.
Skandia unveils VIP service
Skandia has launched a service for advisers writing high value protection cases.
L&G adds interest rate flexibility to life cover
Legal and General has amended the way its Mortgage Decreasing Term Assurance (MDTA) interest rate is calculated.
L&G thanks 'little t' for immediate decision rate hike
Legal & General (L&G) says it is now making immediate decisions on 90% of protection applications referred to its 'little t' tele-underwriting unit.
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