Critical Illness

More than half of UK adults hold no life insurance despite being highly aware of the importance of having it and other protection products, according to research.

LV= has produced a plain English guide offering simplified explanations for advisers to use when explaining critical illnesses (CI) to clients.

Scottish Widows has paid £1.15bn in life and critical illness (CI) claims since January 2000 equating to over £2m each week.

Employers underestimate the importance of the benefits they offer staff after new research revealed half of employees would move jobs for better benefits.

It all began 25 years ago with the launch of the UK's first ever critical illness products by Abbey Life and Allied Dunbar. Scottish Provident's Jennifer Gilchrist looks back on a seminal moment in the history of protection...

Aviva paid almost 95% of critical illness (CI) claims and 99.6% of those resulting from death last year.

Scottish Provident has revealed it paid 90% of critical illness (CI) claims last year totaling £88m.

Aegon UK has published individual protection claims data showing 95% of life claims and 91% of critical illness claims were paid in 2010.

Direct Line insurance has lost its three-year appeal against a critically injured man it accused of lying to secure millions in damages.

PruProtect has launched a suite of seven new products targeting all spectrums of the individual protection market.