Insurance

Despite being one of the most common conditions in the country, high blood pressure has serious underwriting consequences. Fergus Bescoby explains.

Complaints about critical illness (CI) have spiked sharply over the last six months, the FSA has reported.

PruProtect has produced a microsite for advisers about its serious illness cover product.

A buyers' guide to short-term income protection (IP) and mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) has been launched to assist consumer awareness of the products.

When murder is the cause of a claim, life insurance can be a deadly business. But, ask Alex Forsyth and Alex Isted, how do we deal with such cases?

Aegon paid 94% of critical illness (CI) claims in the first half of the year, a 3% increase on its overall result for 2010 (91%).

Aviva paid 92.5% of critical illness (CI) claims during the first six months of the year.

Paul Broadhead of the Building Society Association lays out his plan to revive the mortgage market to Paul Robertson.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) this week revealed that nine in every ten claims made under a critical illness (CI) policy in 2010 was paid by the insurer.

Critical illness (CI) and life insurance claims payments reached almost £2bn last year, according to figures published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).