Protection

Last week we held our 7th Tele-Interviewing Seminar in Dublin, and I'm pleased to say that all of the Irish Life Assurers attended, most of which are already tele-interviewing.

IFA market manager at protection specialists progress from Royal Liver, Andy Milburn, has announced he is set to leave the firm in April.

I have to admit that I've been getting a bit fed up recently, not with Liverpool's form (which has improved thank you very much) but with people around me, and yours truly, getting cough's and colds.

I must confess I haven't been following the American elections particularly closely but I can't help picking up on the war of words between the candidates.

The protection industry is making huge strides in its efforts to tackle the issue of non-disclosure with new guidance issued in January by the Association of British Insurers. The ABI guidance covers fair treatment of claims for critical illness, income...

A business protection toolkit for advisers has been launched by AEGON Scottish Equitable in a bid to address a £500m gap in the market.

AXA is launching a website designed to keep advisers up to speed with the protection market.

Protection provider Bright Grey is launching its own underwriting system which it says will speed up the application process and save advisers time at point of sale.

Lincoln Financial Group is set to launch tele-interviewing for its protection product after a pilot study suggested it quickens the applications process and causes a drop in non-disclosure rates.

The number of critical illness claims (CIC) rejected by Legal & General (L&G) for non-disclosure last year has dropped from 2006, it announced today.