Underwriting

Health and safety improvements at work have reduced mortality risk to acceptable levels for just about all occupations. Calvin Cole highlights the underwriting implications.

Death claims should be paid quicker and the protection industry needs to support its existing customers better, says Munich Re.

Medicals Direct Group has bought key competitor, City of London based, Medibureau for an undisclosed sum.

Private medical insurer Exeter Friendly has launched a range of new underwriting options on both its Health Cover for Me and Health & Stuff plans.

HIV/AIDS is still a major global killer. But, with medical advances in the west, what are the insurance implications? Fergus Bescoby investigates

Medicals Direct has announced its expansion into mainland Europe with the formation of two joint ventures.

My client, Sarah, is a 43-year-old office administrator and single mother whose daughter, Jane, has severe spina bifida.

Tele-interviewing has become a global phenomenon, but still carries some confusion. In the wake of a global survey Catherine Lyons clarifies the term

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and the second highest cause of death from cancer in the UK, yet if diagnosed early it is treatable. Anne Llewellyn explains the insurance ramifications

Due to the Nation's poor lifestyle choices diabetes is becoming ever more common, a disease that carries severe underwriting penalties. Fergus Bescoby explains