Life Insurance Cover Blog

Summary
In this article we explain  how Protection Insurance may become more popular with the insurance industry finally making positive steps in the market that should hopefully be successful.

Most specialist  financial advisors would be of the same opinion that Financial Protection Insurance is  crutial to the majority of families, either as a  precaution in the event of premature death, prolonged illness, loss of employment (especially in the present economic climate), or cover for an accident.

Life assurance is the basis of all financial assurance for cover for a mortgage or to ensure a lump sum that is not taxable, in the eventuality of death. Unfortunately, a percentage of other Financial Protection Insurance policies, do not do not have similar reputable qualities and have been labelled as being miss-sold.  furthermore, based on what we know, critical illness cover has suffered due to astonishing omissions from life insurance policies making it possible for insurers to reject claims even when they are genuine.

However, a little faith was re established when  Legal and General reported on the conclusion of claims on Critical Illness Insurance policies on their half yearly figures.

Critical Illness claims were being declined because customers did not disclose their complete health background. As a result Standard Life  reports that in the last five months the number of rejected claims has fallen considerably from 6.8% in the last year, to 1.6 per cent.

Why?  We believe, not only  Legal and General but all of the insurers, because of harmful public relations, have been placed in a position whereby they must diminish the number of claims that are rejected. Does this prove how forceful the press can be?  Debateable perhaps – you may think we are dubious but we believe there are other aspects that encouraged the insurers to make adjustments.  Lately, as a result of dire media, sales of Critical Illness policies  have dropped which in turn has clearly impinged on the insurers profit. This was probably the catalyst that promoted the change!

Axa, Friends Provident, Norwich Union and Scottish Provident have introduced some prominent changes purposely created to diminish their rejection rates. To begin with, they silhouette plainly that all medical disclosure, however insignificant a visit to a Doctor could have been, must be revealed.  Axa, together with others will get a medically trained person to phone every applicant to go through all the details of their medical record. If the insurance policy then goes on risk, a number of policyholders are being informed that it is essential that they give complete medical disclosure and they are permitted to add or correct any details on their application document.

The insurer may then re-assess the risk and if it is thought to be increased the monthly payments will probably be increased – which seems more rational and ultimately more appropriate than paying the original premium then having a claim rejected as a result of non-disclosure of medical information.

These measures should have been taken by the Insurance Companies years ago as the public’s concept of Protection Insurance has eroded by their somewhat ‘Off the ball’ approach. On a positive note, there is a great need for protection insurance so we can hope that it is able to restore faith and then the popularity it rightly warrants.

If you want life insurance quotes for mortgage cover then the best place to start your search is online. There are simply hundreds of insurers and brokers fighting or your business.