Critical Illness

Skandia has announced its gender-neutral pipeline plans including the launch of tele-underwriting.

Aviva has announced its gender day pipeline strategy including I-E tax change details.

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.

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have announced their plan for Gender Directive pipeline business.

Policy exclusions and trust are secondary to cost as barriers to protection purchase, Mintel and Global Market Insite (GMI) statistics have shown.

More people are set to beat cancer as treatments improve and diagnosis is made earlier, according to Cancer Research UK.

Women who work are not recognising the importance of protection and need to seek advice, Scottish Provident has warned.

The widening critical illness protection gap will only get worse but there will be no easy answer, reinsurer RGA has said.

LV= has agreed a five-year protection advice partnership with RAC.

Zurich's half year results showed 91% of critical illness claims were paid out.