Who provides free cover for income protection applications?
Free cover can provide valuable and important protection whilst an application is being assessed, but only a small number of insurers offer this for income protection insurance... Read More
Have you tried our interactive client Savings Tool?
With our new interactive Savings Tool, you can demonstrate to your clients how much they could save when they make the most of the Vitality Programme – including the ability to download a personalised report which summarises their annual partner and reward savings. We’ve partnered with a range of great brands. So whether their [...]
The countdown is complete, LV=GI is officially live!
We're pleased to let you know that LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) is now available to Intermediaries. Helping you to boost your GI business With LV= GI for Intermediaries, there's lots to look forward to, including: • A great home insurance product with improved product features, offering two levels of cover for your clients - [...]
Weekly Protection Update – 18th March 2022
Link to Protection Guru Article - https://protectionguru.co.uk/when-do-insurers-apply-smoker-and-ex-smoker-premium-rates/ Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s protection update – Friday 18th March. This week we’re going to carry on the underwriting theme by way of looking at some of the resources which are available via Protection Guru. A few months ago, Tim Layton-Hyslop from [...]
‘I was able to tell my client she could claim almost £10,000 unexpectedly’
During a recent client review, Cura managing director, Alan Knowles, was made aware that his client Melanie1 had been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. After contacting Vitality, he was able to tell his client that she could unexpectedly claim £9,000 as a severity-based payment. Melanie’s situation is real-life example of a Serious Illness Cover claim [...]
Weekly Protection Update – 11th March 2022
Launching the Underwriting Hub, Taking a closer look at Aviva Underwriting Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s protection update – 11th March – where is the year going? I actually had a week off last week which is why my protection update was short (because I pre recorded it before I went [...]
Enhancing our Business Protection Trusts Application Journey
Our Business Protection Trusts are now We are introducing further enhancements to the online application journey for you and your clients. Last month, we made our Relevant Life trust completely digital, eliminating the need for any paper forms. We have made our Business Protection Trusts online and signature-free so you will be able to complete the [...]
Protection focus on international women’s day
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Our research shows women are under-insured by 16%* compared with men when it comes to the amount of protection they have in place. We recognise the important role advisers play in helping to reduce this gap through broader financial planning which is why we wanted to remind you how our [...]
Paymentshield: Average Storm Claims Almost Doubles
AVERAGE STORM CLAIMS ALMOST DOUBLES As the UK assess the costs for the damage caused following the recent storms (Dudley, Eunice and Franklin). Paymentshield have explored their past data that shows the average pay-out for a storm damage home insurance claim has almost doubled in the past five years. Analysis of storm damage claims [...]
Cura insurance: Practical Protection Podcast – Eating Disorders
Hi everyone, I was joined by Matt Rann for the previous episode of the Practical Protection Podcast, where we focused on cervical cancer. We spoke about some of the common causes, the questions an insurer might ask and some of the potential insurance outcomes. It’s definitely worth a listen, if you haven’t heard it [...]
