Royal London has paid a record £632m in claims in 2021 to more than 84,000 claimants and approved 99.5% of all protection claims last year. This compares with 2020 claims data which...
Read moreUnderwriteMe has removed its question about a recent diagnosis or symptoms of Covid from the customer application process on its protection platform. The firm said the move was in response to its...
Read moreDentists' Provident paid out £5.4m on a total of 1,190 claims and approved 98.9% of new claims last year. In 2020 it paid £5.9m in claims and approved 96.4% those it received....
Read moreSwiss Re has called more than half of new level term assurance (LTA) policies being purchased without advice for the first time a “watershed” moment. Ron Wheatcroft, technical manager for life and...
Read moreCzech insurance broker Respect has joined the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) as a member. Launched in 1993, Respect is a Prague-headquartered insurance broker focused on business insurance in the Czech and Slovak...
Read moreIndividual protection insurance sales in the UK increased by 6.3% in 2021 - indicating a rebound for the market following a tough year in 2020, according to Swiss Re’s latest Term &...
Read moreAviva and Legal & General saw significant rises in protection product sales last year to dominate the market as it continued its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The duo accumulated more than...
Read moreIPipeline is launching cloud-based hosted authoring services from its SSG Digital platform. The firm says this move to the cloud will benefit insurers by allowing them to make changes to their platform...
Read moreCustomers are talking about the cost of living crisis more when discussing protection so any help government can provide is to be welcomed, advisers told Health & Protection. Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday...
Read moreAlmost two thirds of UK adults who received financial advice remotely during the pandemic want to continue doing so, according to LV=. Virtual GP appointments were also fairly well regarded, though not...
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