Zurich makes raft of changes to protection offering

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Zurich has made a number of changes to its protection proposition, including a reprice of its term assurance and critical illness cover.

The firm says the changes will provide advisers and their clients with wider choice and greater flexibility. One of the most significant changes has been to offer different sums assured within the same plan. Consumers can now select critical illness at a lower level than the life cover also offered within the plan. Zurich says this will allow customers with limited budgets to protect their mortgage fully against the risk of death whilst retaining some element of critical illness cover. Zurich has also repriced its term assurance and critical illness cover, in particular its integrated i...

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