Income protection specialists Unum claims its "revolutionary" underwriting system could soon mean only one in ten IP applications will require a GPs report.
The life and financial insurance firm asks IP applicants not to list and detail former illnesses or injuries – standard practice among most providers - but instead to explain how they dealt with them. It says the new “behavioural” method means applications could take as little as two days, potentially saving IFAs more than a week’s waiting time, and in many cases eliminating the need for a GPs report altogether. Linton Penman, head of retail marketing at Unum, says the system, based on what is called a Bio Psycho-Social Model and rolled out in June, is already having an impact. “Traditio...
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