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Health insurance news: Bright Grey

Bright Grey, a division of Royal London Mutual Insurance Society which was launched in March 2003 is a specialist protection insurance provider. It aims to provide a product range that suits today's flexible lifestyles.

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We have the duty to ask the right questions, say Bright Grey With refreshing honesty when trade bodies and some insurers seem to suggest that consumers are just waiting to defraud them, Bright Grey has spoken up.
Bright Grey strengthens its personal protection proposition Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of the Royal London Group, has reviewed its Personal Protection Menu and enhanced the features to increase the flexibility of its proposition. In order to further speed up the underwriting process for larger cases and help customers get cover more quickly, Bright Grey has increased its financial underwriting limits.
Bright Grey calls for clear definition of tele-underwriting Bright Grey is calling for greater clarity in relation to the definitions used for tele underwriting. As more and more companies introduce various degrees of tele underwriting, Bright Grey is suggesting the introduction of benchmarking to remove confusion and help advisers understand the level of service providers are offering.
Bright Grey life and critical illness claims statistics Following its fifth anniversary, Bright Grey is publishing its first set of claims statistics for life and critical illness. Since launch, Bright Grey has paid over £20m in life cover and over £14m in critical illness cover. The largest critical illness claim the company has paid was £260,000 and the largest life insurance claim paid was £1.65m.
Bright Grey helps combat inflation by adding indexation on guaranteed Critical Illness rates Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of Royal London Group, has enhanced its guaranteed rates by adding indexation to life and critical illness cover.
Lincoln launches tele-interviewing Lincoln Financial Group is set to launch tele-interviewing for its flexible menu-based protection product Financial Foundations following a successful pilot.
Bright Grey launches bespoke proposition for business protection market Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of Royal London Group, has launched its bespoke menu-based business protection proposition for businesses. The proposition offers cover for key person, loan protection and ownership protection. The proposition ensures that businesses are protected against the financial problems associated with the loss of one of their key people or one of the owners...
Bright Grey future secure The future of Bright Grey is secure even after parent Royal London buys Scottish Provident. Bright Grey and Scottish Provident will run side by side as both Scottish Provident and Bright Grey are powerful brands. Life insurance: News update: December 2007 Related linksBright Grey - company profile Find out more about life insurance Get a quote for life insurance
Bright Grey launches family campaign Bright Grey is launching a family campaign to help advisers make sure their clients have enough insurance in place to protect their families if things go wrong with their health or they die. Research carried out for Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of the Royal London Group, has found that 1 in 3 families in the UK have no life, critical illness or income protection cover in place to...
Remember family income benefits In the middle of the price war for life assurance, Roger Edwards of insurer Bright Grey would like to remind you about Family Income Benefits: “Family income benefit accounts for a mere 5% of all life assurance sales yet it can be more flexible than policies that pay out a lump sum. “There seems to be no stopping the term assurance price war. Emails hit my home inbox on a daily basis from...
Alzheimer's awareness week Alzheimer's awareness week from 1-7 July, is a time to think of the benefits of critical illness cover. In February, The London School of Economics and Institute of Psychiatry revealed that 700,000 people currently have dementia in the UK and it's rising fast. They also said there will be over a million people with dementia by 2025 and over 1.7 million by 2051. Yet relatively few people are...
Bright Grey gives families a helping hand Insurer Bright Grey is extending its groundbreaking Helping Hand service to cover families too. This means that the plan owner's spouses, partners and children will automatically benefit from the most comprehensive support package in the individual protection market. Roger Edwards, Product Director at Bright Grey says: “We realised that when a plan owner falls ill, is out of work or needs help...
Bright Grey introduces new standard critical illness definitions Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of Royal London Group, is implementing the new ABI standard critical illness definitions. The new definitions aim to future proof critical illness products and make it even easier for consumers to see what is covered. At the same time, Bright Grey is introducing four new illnesses to its Critical Illness Cover. These are:Open-heart surgery - with...
Bright Grey to enter business protection market Bright Grey has announced it is entering the individual corporate protection market towards the end of the year as part of the insurer's development. Bright Grey will be targeting business owners and high net worth individuals to find out what products are needed. Life insurance: News update: March 2007 Related linksBright Grey - company profile Find out more about life insurance Get a quote for...
Tax efficient Life/Pension Term Assurance - No insurer has permanently withdrawn from offering PTA Despite what you may have read on other web sites, in the trade press, national and local papers and heard or seen, NO insurer has yet confirmed they have permanently withdrawn from offering Pension Term Assurance. The following insurers have either told us direct or by an official press release, that their product is suspended from any more new business or enquiries. The suspension will stay...
Bright Grey - life insurance voted the number one priority Research carried out for Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of Royal London, has revealed that the most important protection to have is Life Assurance. 40% of people put life assurance first. When it comes to buying insurance;61% insure their trips abroad 53% insure their life 23% insure their mortgage payments20% insure their credit cards (28%)15% have income protection14% have...
Bright Grey to extend term of Critical Illness Cover Bright Grey, the protection specialist arm of the Royal London group, is to extend the maximum term of its Critical Illness Cover and its Life assurance and Critical Illness Cover. The move is in response to demand from customers taking out mortgages over longer terms than in the recent past. The changes will take place by November 2006.Critical Illness Insurance Cover: term increases from a...
Health insurance companies make customer pledge 26 health insurance companies have signed up to the Customer Impact Scheme, an initiative to provide excellent standards of service to purchasers of income protection and critical illness insurance plans. Each insurer has pledged to:Develop and promote products and services that meet the needs of customers Provide customers with clear information and good service when they buy products Provide...