Scottish Provident

Gender re-pricing plans are well underway at Bright Grey and Scottish Provident headquarter with online adviser support.

Critical illness is a product beset by complexity - a situation not helped by a raft of changes set to arrive next year, says Edward Murray.

The combined Royal London protection brands of Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have seen new business levels up 45% and an 18% increase in applications, in the first three months of the year.

I have a client looking to buy life and income protection (IP) cover. My problem is that, although he has indefinite leave to remain in the UK, he is a refugee and has no long-term medical or financial history. What problems are we likely to encounter?...

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have confirmed that they are reviewing income protection, aiming to "substantially" increase those offered own occupation cover.

Scottish Provident has announced that it paid out £90 million to critical illness policyholders during 2011, with 91% of all critical illness claims paid.

Women do not value their own lives as much as men do, according to new research from Scottish Provident.

Half the life insurance claims received by Scottish Provident last year were made for those under 55 years old, the insurer has revealed.

The private medical insurance (PMI) market's two biggest players have seen a rise in the number of complaints escalated to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Subject access requests and online technology have opened the debate over GP reports. Ian Smart asks if this could remove a perennial insurance bugbear.