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Legal & General approval rates increase for life, CI and IP claims
Legal & General saw claims approval rates across its life insurance, critical illness (CI) and income protection (IP) products all increase in 2022. The insurer paid out over a third more IP...
Read morePMI patients hit post-pandemic peak as self-pay slips – PHIN
The number of patients receiving treatment through private medical insurance (PMI) rose in the fourth quarter of the year to reach its highest level since before the pandemic hit. Last year was...
Read moreRoyal London agrees £1.2m support for Cancer Research targeting early diagnosis
Royal London has begun a £1.2m charity partnership with Cancer Research UK aimed at tackling cancer inequalities. The partnership will fund research into hard-to-treat cancers and initiatives to improve the pathway to...
Read moreLifeSearch ties-up exclusive protection advice deal with QuoteSearch
LifeSearch has partnered with QuoteSearch to provide protection advice and guidance to its customer base as it expand into new markets. QuoteSearch provides free online quotes for life insurance and income protection...
Read more‘I’d love to say I wasn’t made aware of CI cover… it just seems ridiculous I didn’t take it out’ – Jonnie Irwin
Property expert and former A Place In the Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin has revealed his regret at not taking out critical illness cover following conversations with his financial adviser and a subsequent...
Read moreAviva protection and health business up 6% thanks to ‘strong IFA performance’
Aviva’s protection and health business posted a 6% growth in sales by value of new business (VNB) to £60m in the first quarter of the year up from £57m in the same...
Read moreDubai Healthcare City to open nine-storey heart and lung hospital
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) is to add to a new heart and lung hospital as part of its phase two expansion. The Prime Heart and Lung Hospital, a new nine-storey complex spanning...
Read moreBupa’s #HealthyCities challenge
This year Bupa’s #HealthyCities challenge is going global. It’s part of our ambition to support one million people to improve their health each year by 2025, through restoring and regenerating nature....
Read moreCan, and should, income protection be sold without advice? – IPTF
With more than 90% of income protection (IP) sales made through advisers it may surprise people to learn that last month the IPTF hosted 40 experts from advisers, networks, comparison websites, insurers...
Read moreGallagher buys Western Australia-based broker
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired Perth, Western Australia-based Mavco Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mavco is a general insurance broker and risk management firm serving corporate clients...
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