Protection

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.

AXA has written a non-contestability option into its life cover policies to test demand among consumers.

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