Welcome to this week's Protection Update. Please take the time to read through the update as there may be some information that is important to you. Included in this week's update: Guardian answer some of your questions, as well as announce new pilot remote medical screenings; AIG to start conducting virtual medial examinations; Aegon [...]

Aegon have launched some significant changes to their Income Protection plan that not only show that the protection market is still a key priority but also brings them back into the lower premium end of the market. Read more here

9th April 2020 AIG have announced that they expect to start conducting virtual medical examinations from the week commencing 13th April 2020 for life insurance applications only. The examinations are likely to be most beneficial for clients aged under 50 who have no existing cardiovascular risk factors such as raised blood pressure or raised [...]

MetLife UK believes that wellbeing support services focusing on physical and mental health are increasingly important to customers who benefit from protection insurance either through work or from buying it themselves. Support services (available via telephone and online) provided through Individual Protection and Group Risk are proving invaluable for a wide range of customers [...]

Join our webinar for practical solutions to working remotely Join Shelley Read, Senior Protection Development and Technical Manager, on Friday 17 April at 10.30am where she’ll help you identify best practice when working remotely. While it's essential we work from home at the moment, it's likely this experience will impact the way we work [...]

Aviva Webinar Series Improving the way you do business Join our webinars In light of recent events, we’re all experiencing a degree of uncertainty and challenge that these unprecedented times present. However, we remain committed to supporting you and your business. In addition to the steps we’ve recently communicated around [...]

We understand many of your clients may be facing a great deal of uncertainty at the moment. Our Existing Business Agent Hub keeps you informed of when your clients may have missed payments, or asked to cancel their policy, due to changes in their circumstances, giving you the opportunity to remind them of the [...]

We recognise the incredible work that the National Health Service is doing for our country, and we could not be more thankful. To show our appreciation and gratitude, for every GI policy that is bought by an NHS worker, we will give them £30 cash back. Just a token of our appreciation for their incredible work.  After receiving the policy documents, simply send us [...]

COVID-19: LV= updates its protection application questions With effect from Tuesday 7 April 2020 LV= has updated its application question set to accommodate coronavirus (COVID-19) for all new applications through its Fastway online quote and apply system. From this date applicants will be required to disclose if they’ve tested positive for coronavirus, been advised [...]

Another hectic week almost over, hope you’re safe and well and looking forward to a warm weekend! Following our regular updates we’ve received a lot of additional questions over this period. So we’ve put together a Q&A and published this on our adviser site. See below for the link which will always have the [...]