The aging workforce is causing a tightening in insurer group terms, a group risk specialist has said.
Some of the categories were very tight for this year's COVER awards. Others were new entrants to some categories; particularly notable in the healthcare sector.
Aviva is piloting paperless critical illness(CI) claims processing.
In the second of a series of articles exploring the finer points of critical illness protection, CIExpert's Alan Lakey discusses existing plans.
Friends Life's protection team will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support by taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on 30 June.
The ABI has been consulting with medical professionals to re-word its heart attack definition.
Friends Life has made premium rate reductions of up to 6% for sums assured of £30,000 and above on its Protect+ critical illness policy.
Friends Life paid 90% of claims under its critical illness plans last year., 1,565 claims admitted and processed out of 1,733.
Legal & General paid a total of £441 million combined death and critical illness claims in 2011, up from £373 million in 2010 and a new record for the firm.