Critical Illness

Legal & General has published claims statistics revealing that the insurer paid out £1.9 million in children's critical illness claims in 2015.

Royal London is urging the government to take further steps towards tackling the obesity epidemic which it believes will not be solved by the sugar tax alone.

Proposed package equals 1,000% of base salary

Deepak Jobanputra examines the question of 100% payouts in severe illness cover, and finds this isn't necessarily to the client's benefit

With the front page of this month's Cover magazine and numerous additional thought pieces throughout, Kevin Carr says the non-payment of CI claims has again become the industry's big talking point.

Adviser firm Vita shares the experience of a 40 year old client who was diagnosed with breast cancer. When Mrs Duncan took out additional critical illness cover, she never thought she would ever make a claim and discusses the support she received when...

Scottish Widows has published its protection claims statistics, which show that more than £219 million was paid out in life and critical illness claims in 2015, equating to an average of more than £4 million per week.

Steve Casey and Peter Thomas are no longer with AIG Life as the insurer revealed it has created a new distribution structure which includes the appointment of ex-Friends Life's Mark Anders.

Aegon UK has launched a new health and wellbeing support service for protection customers.

Scottish Widows is highlighting the importance of financial protection to coincide with Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week which starts on 25 April.