Scottish Provident
Insurer
Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have warned that insurers could be "shooting themselves in the foot" by changing the way they request medical evidence from GPs.
09 December 2011
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2 min read
Service
Half of insurers are now offering some form of HIV Life Assurance, up from 35% last year, according to medical financial advisers Unusual Risks.
16 November 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
Bright Grey and Scottish Provident held a recent summit on the future of critical illness cover. Roger Edwards outlines its conclusions
07 November 2011
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7 min read
Insurer
Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have bucked an 18 month downward trend as new business revenue and applications jumped significantly over the third quarter of the year.
02 November 2011
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2 min read
Individual Protection
At a recent critical illness (CI) conference, it was observed that a lot of the individual market's underwriting problems could be reduced by using a low free cover limit (e.g. £50,000). Would bringing this into line with group business be helpful to...
21 October 2011
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5 min read
Critical Illness
Defaqto and other ratings agencies have been attacked for "driving the wrong behaviour" by encouraging product complexity and being "in danger of misleading consumers".
03 October 2011
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2 min read
Critical Illness
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has given an insight into current complaint trends in critical illness, with a mixed report.
15 September 2011
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2 min read
uncategorised
PruProtect has called critics of its desire for protection to be made compulsory as being "defeatist" and argued that the need is "very clear".
13 September 2011
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2 min read
uncategorised
Advisers fear their unprotected clients would be forced to live on state benefits or rack up large debt burdens should the worst happen.
01 September 2011
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1 min read
Critical Illness
Scottish Provident paid 91% of critical illness (CI) claims during the first half of the year.
22 August 2011
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1 min read
