In 2020, L&G paid out over £763 million across thier Life, Critical Illness Cover, Terminal Illness Cover and Income Protection policies, supporting 15,855 customers and their families. L&G also supported families who lost loved ones due to factors attributable to Covid-19, paying out over  £39 million in life insurance* claims – helping 1214 families. Overall, [...]

Could your clients survive without an income? In 2020 we paid £10 million in income protection insurance claims (IP) to our members who couldn’t work due to illness or injury. In total, we paid 91 per cent of all claims. Claims for illnesses relating to Covid-19 accounted for 31.5 per cent of claims. Musculoskeletal conditions, accidents, [...]

To make Child Serious Illness Cover even more accessible and affordable for your clients, we’re offering cashback for their first 12 months premiums when added to their Personal Protection Plan. This applies for up to two children, and includes the first £25,000 of cover per child as well as the corresponding Child Vitality Plus fee1 [...]

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Figures published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) have revealed that £17million is paid out every day on home insurance claims in the UK with £1.8 million of this for escape of water claims. Approximately one in four household claims in 2018 were for domestic water leakages and it is the second most common [...]

With financial resilience and health & wellbeing in the spotlight like never before, you as advisers are perfectly placed to help enrich and empower your clients’ lives. At Vitality, we are uniquely positioned to monitor behavioural science trends and spearhead market innovation, allowing us to lead the debate around some of the most inspiring subjects [...]

To help shine a light on any aspect of our service you may have a question about, a new chat service is available in Adviser Hub and on our adviser website. The launch of our adviser chat service is hot on the heels of our online FAQs that we launched earlier this year, both of [...]

Finding home and landlords insurance a challenge in hard market? Have premiums increased? Maybe a wider choice is the answer! During the hard market we are all experiencing, prices rising is an inevitable consequence. If you are seeing premiums increasing, both for new clients and also your existing clients, surely using the widest panel you [...]

As we continue to look forward with optimism in a dynamic environment we recognise your needs and those of our mutual clients continue to evolve. It is more important than ever that we are here for you throughout these prolonged periods of uncertainty. I would really value and appreciate your support in completing Scottish Widows’ [...]