The critical illness market should change to focus on the financial losses people face rather than the severity or list of illnesses included in product terms, according to protection industry officials.
Bright Grey is the latest protection provider to conduct a rate review of its life and critical illness cover.
Protection provider Bright Grey is throwing its hat into the guaranteed rate life and critical illness arena on November 15th.
Nine out of ten policyholders diagnosed with a critical illness would like some form of additional practical and emotional support from a nurse or counsellor at the point of claim, suggests research by Bright Grey.
Berkeley Independent Advisers is offering revision days for any fully-qualified IFAs sitting the CeMaP bridge paper.
Protection firm Bright Grey has developed an underwriting guide for advisers in the hopes it will both speed up the underwriting process and make it easier to understand.
Protection firms' striving to gain "extra tick" perfection in product comparison tables has complicated life for advisers while still "ignoring" the real needs of consumers, warns protection expert.
Pinning its colours firmly to the mast protection provider Bright Grey has pitched its view of the demise of CI offerings by noting it may not be such a bad outcome after all.
Major changes could be on the way at protection provider Bright Grey, following the announcement this week of a new appointment to oversee operations inside the firm.
Protection specialist Bright Grey will today be kicking off its roadshows in a bid to teach IFAs about the opportunities available in the protection market.