Does your cover provide bereavement support?
Monday, 18 February 2019
Aviva has introduced further legal, practical, and financial support for bereaved families of Whole of Life and Life Cover customers.
- Published in Charity, Health, Life insurance, News
One in 14 claim for mental health
Monday, 04 February 2019
Mental Health is becoming a hot topic in politics and the media for good reason. A recent study by the NHS shows how the proportion of the country suffering from severe symptoms has been increasing fairly steadily over the last 25 years. The rise of mental health problems: But why are mental health problems on
- Published in Health, Income Protection, Mental health, News
How reliable is Income Protection?
Monday, 28 January 2019
Income protection provider British Friendly has announced that they paid 94.7% of all claims in 2018, reassuring reading for those still unsure about the reliability of income protection. Orthopaedic (MSK), viral illness, and mental health were the top three reasons for claims. Musculoskeletal reasons accounted for nearly half of all claims (44%), with 11% being
- Published in Claims, Health, Income Protection, Mental health, News
Are you ignoring symptoms of cancer?
Monday, 14 January 2019
Research by Bupa has found that a quarter of UK employees (4.7m people) are too embarrassed to seek advice from a doctor when experiencing certain potential cancer symptoms.
Workers’ health not top priority for employers
Wednesday, 09 January 2019
A survey of UK employers has found that bosses concern themselves more with issues such as economic uncertainty, financial impacts, and changes in technology, more than they do employee well being and health. A survey of UK employers has found that bosses concern themselves more with issues such as economic uncertainty, financial impacts, and changes
- Published in Business insurance, Health, Life insurance, Mental health, News
How has value-added services changed the face of protection?
Thursday, 03 January 2019
In a relatively short 10 years, extra services such as medical opinions, services, support, and advice have gone from an added extra, to an integral part of many policies. In its early stages, added benefits took the form of additional medical support for those suffering from a critical illness. One of the most popular has
- Published in Critical illness, Income Protection, News, Provider