Protection

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Each month, we ask our industry to answer one big question!

I'm not sure how this has happened exactly - I don't think any one particular change or industry issue caused it - but, over the last 18 months or so, I'm getting the feeling advisers and insurers believe protection is the most important area in the market....

Income protection (IP) provider Pioneer today unveils a signature-less application process across its entire product range.

Axa has abandoned plans to launch a life insurance product that guarantees to pay claims in full even if the policyholder has not fully disclosed.

The introduction of a third non-disclosure category for critical illness (CI) helped secure extra payouts totalling more than £1.5m in 2008, Aegon Scottish Equitable says.

The future growth of the protection industry will not be through the advice channel, but via direct-to-consumer products, experts warn.

Norwich Union critical illness (CI) claims declined because the condition claimed for was not covered by the policy remained at 8% in 2008, the insurer reveals, the same figure posted in the previous year.