PruProtect launches new cut-down plan

Features including automatic children's cover, guaranteed insurability options and immediate cover have been removed, but customers can upgrade to the existing policy. It does however include severity-based cover and the Vitality incentive programme. The Essentials plan is available online only through IFAs and is intended as a support to their existing PruProtect plan. Deepak Jobanputra, actuarial and product director for PruProtect, said: "We have launched this latest product to provide greater choice and flexibility. "Our philosophy is based upon innovation, choice and compre...