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Critical Illness

Aviva updates critical illness cover features
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Aviva updates critical illness cover features

Aviva has made changes to its critical illness (CI) cover - particularly concerning policyholders diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or who have had a stroke - with the aim of meeting more valid claims.

  • 11 December 2013
  • Critical Illness
Swiss Re: Protection should be bought, not sold

The challenge for protection insurers in today's market is to adapt their approach so products are "bought, not sold", a report by Swiss Re concludes.

  • 04 December 2013
  • Critical Illness
Protection watch...with Kevin Carr (November 2013)

PROTECTION WATCH

  • 15 November 2013
  • Critical Illness
IFAs selling protection on price 'worse than comparison sites'

Some protection comparison websites are delivering better outcomes for clients than advisers, according to Kevin Carr, chief executive of Protection Review.

  • 08 November 2013
Has the industry overcomplicated critical illness cover?
  • Critical Illness
Has the industry overcomplicated critical illness cover?

CRITICAL ILLNESS

  • 15 August 2013
Five things clients will call you about this week
  • Income
Five things clients will call you about this week

FIVE THINGS

  • 28 May 2013
  • Wrap/platforms
Nucleus to expand protection product range

Nucleus is set to expand the range of protection products available on the wrap to include inheritance tax and death-in-drawdown policies, among others.

  • 22 May 2013
  • Critical Illness
Protection, you've changed

PROTECTION

  • 02 May 2013
  • Critical Illness
Friends Life ordered to pay out £100k on CI cancer claim

The family of a man who died of cancer but whose life insurance payout was refused on the grounds that he failed to disclose pins and needles have won their fight against Friends Life, after the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) ruled that the insurer...

  • 26 April 2013
Protection watch...with Kevin Carr (Apr 2013)
  • Group Protection
Protection watch...with Kevin Carr (Apr 2013)

PROTECTION

  • 25 April 2013
Broker launches e-petition to scrap tax on PMI
  • Critical Illness
Broker launches e-petition to scrap tax on PMI

An insurance broker has launched an e-petition to reinstate tax relief on private medical insurance following a decade of price rises for consumers.

  • 23 April 2013
  • Critical Illness
Skandia enters CI arena as advisers 're-prioritise' protection

Skandia has launched a critical illness (CI) product as many advisers "re-prioritise" protection following changes to retail investment advice made after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

  • 23 April 2013
Protection: an idea to ease advisers' workload
  • Group Protection
Protection: an idea to ease advisers' workload

PROTECTION

  • 22 April 2013
  • Critical Illness
CI in critical condition: why are sales still sluggish?

PROTECTION

  • 18 April 2013
  • Critical Illness
AMI in talks over launch of protection trade body

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has entered discussions with a number of stakeholders over the launch of a trade body for protection.

  • 15 April 2013
  • Critical Illness
D2C protection provider responds to CI criticism

A direct-to-consumer online protection provider has responded to claims that its critical illness cover is too basic, by stressing that the product will continue to develop as its simple online processes evolve.

  • 08 April 2013
Advisers revisit protection commission ban 'catastrophe'
  • Critical Illness
Advisers revisit protection commission ban 'catastrophe'

Advisers and providers reiterated the "catastrophe" that would befall the advice sector if the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) read across a ban on commission in the retail investment market to protection.

  • 19 March 2013
  • Critical Illness
Aviva adds to CI offering with health care support

Aviva has added second opinion and practical guidance services to its critical illness (CI) products for advised clients.

  • 18 March 2013
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Baigrie pans providers' 'petty theft' of advisers' clients

Tom Baigrie, the chief executive of protection broker LifeSearch, has hit out at product providers for pretending to "police" advisers' relationships with their customers, a practice he dubbed "institutional petty theft".

  • 08 March 2013
Gender-neutral pricing: a bit of clarity
  • Critical Illness
Gender-neutral pricing: a bit of clarity

GENDER

  • 25 October 2012
  • Critical Illness
Aviva publishes 'G-Day' checklist for advisers

Insurer Aviva has announced its gender-day (G-Day) pipeline strategy, including I-E tax change details.

  • 22 October 2012
  • Critical Illness
Battle of the sexes: what the gender pricing ban means for you

BATTLE OF THE SEXES

  • 11 October 2012
  • Group Protection
Protection Watch...with Kevin Carr (Sep 2012)

PROTECTION WATCH

  • 01 October 2012
  • Income
Five things clients will call you about this week

FIVE THINGS

  • 17 September 2012
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