cic

Critical Illness

Steve Casey: Practice what you preach

To follow up his article outlining his experience as a victim of a stroke and CIC claimant, Steve Casey assesses the importance of seeking his own second medical opinion

clock 22 May 2018 • 4 min read

Insurer

Scottish Widows pays out 98.99% of life claims for 2017

Above industry average figures for both critical illness and life paid claims

clock 18 May 2018 • 3 min read

Insurer

Industry reaction: Guardian CIC and terminal illness

"The tides have changed for protection"

clock 17 May 2018 • 4 min read

TCF

Two thirds of overall claims paid out for life in 2017

CIC represents 23% of all claims and income protection accounts for 12%, according to figures from ABI and GRiD

clock 11 May 2018 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

L&G launches critical illness upgrade

Critical Illness Extra (CIx) supports a total of 95 conditions and includes children's cover as well as virtual GP service plus RedArc nurses

clock 23 April 2018 • 1 min read

Individual Protection

Aegon UK: 24% of life claims paid out early for terminal illness in 2017

Firm pays 98% of life and 94% of CIC claims

clock 26 March 2018 • 2 min read

Technology

iPipeline's new life business processing up 28% in 2017

The firm processed £40bn in life cover, £10bn in critical illness cover and £3bn in income protection last year

clock 02 March 2018 • 2 min read

Technology

Intrinsic launches critical illness comparison tool with Defaqto

Almost 60% of financial advisers struggle to complete all their tasks in a single day

clock 02 March 2018 • 2 min read

Individual Protection

Royal London updates children's critical illness cover

Customers will be able to choose between 'no cover', 'standard cover' and 'enhanced cover' for children within CIC, which can now include 12 additional child-specific conditions.

clock 26 January 2018 • 2 min read