Insurance

Bupa has raised medical underwriting limits on its life and critical illness plans.

Bright Grey has extended the definitions of three critical illnesses it covers.

Legal & General has extended its critical illness (CI) policy expiry age to 70 while allowing multiple claims for children.

Assurant Intermediary has launched new Accident Sickness and Unemployment (ASU) products it said are an antidote to problems plaguing payment protection insurance (PPI) in recent years.

Axa has amended its critical illness product and unveiled a client support service for all products within its protection account.

The ABI has announced that it will not be re-naming Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) cover for critical illness contracts in its next Statement of Best Practice to be released next year.

The protection industry has generally welcomed the ABI's decision not to re-name Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) on critical illness insurance and the agreement on industrywide standards.

The ABI has scrapped proposals to change the name of Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) cover on critical illness (CI) plans.

Life insurers are ‘living in the dark ages' and stigmatising HIV positive clients meaning their needs are not being met, according to research.

Bupa is offering a partial payment to those waiting for an NHS operation and is adding more conditions to its critical illness (CI) cover.