Dr Marius Barnard, the founder of critical illness insurance, died this morning at the age of 87.
Cancer has accounted for 50% of all male critical illness (CI) claims with a quarter of those claims for prostate cancer this year, Aegon's claim statistics have revealed.
Alan Lakey analyses premium adjustments on CI policies in the wake of the Gender Directive
Rebroking CI policies can be difficult, with advisers having to ensure they have the right processes in place to show they are working in the best interest of the client. Adam Higgs points to the improvements made in the field
Younger women are still not financially protecting themselves against breast cancer, the most common cancer in the UK, Friends Life has warned.
iPipeline has announced that critical illness (CI) is now available via its new indicative underwriting decision tool - XRAE, which is available to all Assureweb portal users.
The proportion of critical illness complaints upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service rose by 1% to 25% in the July-September 2014 quarter.
Network Mortgage Intelligence has sharpened its focus on protection sales by introducing critical illness comparison site CIExpert for its mortgage advisers to use.
Children are now less likely to be overweight or obese in the UK than they were ten years ago.
As LifeSearch's link to protection providers, Emma Thomson sees good things on the horizon. She tells all to Fiona Murphy