We have updated our Income Protection Benefit plan (IPB) available through The Right Mortgage Network to enhance the support we are offering to customers when they need to make a claim.

This includes greater flexibility for NHS doctors, nurses or surgeons that may have a different sick pay structure within the first five years of service. We’ve listened to Intermediary feedback and introduced greater flexibility at claims stage so that we can help ensure these key workers receive their monthly benefit when they need it.

In addition to this change we have improved our pricing across all occupation classes – including customers in light and heavy manual labour jobs to provide your clients with an enhanced Income Protection plan.

This comes as part of our commitment to the IP market, and follows the launch of our rehabilitation support service and the introduction of a two-year limited benefit term.

In 2017, we paid out over £1.2 million in income protection claims to our customers and their families.

This new NHS offering will be available to Legal & General customers via intermediaries, from today. It requires no changes to systems as it is all done in our back end claims stage.