News - Life Insurance
Aegon has published a guide to State bereavement payments that will be issued with all death claim packs.
Half the life insurance claims received by Scottish Provident last year were made for those under 55 years old, the insurer has revealed.
Bereavement benefits need to be altered to better support those who have suffered the death of a loved one, government research has found.
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Life settlements fund EEA has generated nearly £40m in revenues in the last two months, despite its suspension following “unprecedented” redemption requests.
LV= has announced it paid 91% of income protection (IP) and 88% of critical illness (CI) claims in 2011.
Ageas has questioned whether the impending move to gender neutral pricing will result in women falling further behind men in their willingness to protect themselves.
Grieving clients could be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of state bereavement benefits, RGA has said.
Sex is the only subject more taboo than finances for UK families as many find the conversations too awkward and uncomfortable, a new report has revealed.
Introducing gender-neutral rates will result in premium hikes for life insurance and critical illness (CI), HM Treasury has warned.
Pruprotect is launching an adviser based up-selling scheme to offer existing term assurance clients whole of life cover with no additional underwriting.
LifeSearch is encouraging protection advisers to increase sales of family income benefit (FIB) products.
Britons are leaving mortgages worth £245bn unprotected, according to new research.
Half of co-habitating Britons do not have any life insurance and many could not afford a funeral if their partner or spouse died, new research has found.
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