Skandia

Skandia has ‘fired a shot over the bows of its rivals' with changes to its Critical Illness (CI) plan, according to CIExpert.

Partial Payments are an added value, but comparison is not plain sailing. Alan Lakey explains.

Skandia and International Financial Data Services (IFDS), a global IT and outsourced administration services supplier, have partnered to enhance services provided to financial advisers.

Partial payments are becoming more prevalent in CI policies, but how to assess them? Alan Lakey investigates.

Nicola Culley examines recently launched individual critical illness plans that typify both poles of the market.

Providers need to be mindful of getting stuck in a middle ground when trying to cater for a wide mass market on price-competitive critical illness, Skandia has warned.

Skandia has re-entered the critical illness market with a 56-condition product aimed at high net worth clients.

With less than inspiring sales of underwritten whole of life, Ian Jefferies, explores the opportunities that still exist for advisers beyond the current market

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

Skandia UK has appointed Ian Jefferies as head of protection.