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Health insurance news: Legal & General

Legal and General is an insurance company established in 1836. Legal and General Healthcare is a trading name within the Legal and General Group.

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Small firms unaware of group income protection insurance A quarter of small firms have never heard of group income protection insurance, according to research by Legal & General. The survey found that a further two fifths of small firms had only heard of the term, but could not explain what it offers.
Legal & General launches Healthy Living Legal & General has added Healthy Living, an online health assessment tool to all new life, critical illness, and income protection policies.
L & G replaces mortgage protection with income protection Having ceased offering mortgage payment protection insurance, Legal & General is now offering a new short-term income protection product. Lifestyle Cover.
Legal and General pays 93.2 % of critical illness claims The insurer has paid more claims than ever before, a total of £441 million combined death and critical illness claims in 2011, up from £373 million in 2010.
Improvements to group critical illness cover Legal & General's group critical illness cover now also includes cover for aplastic anaemia, bacterial meningitis, cardiomyopathy, encephalitis and liver failure. In addition, the survival period has also been reduced from 30 to 14 days for most illnesses.
44% of income protection claims in finance and insurance due to mental health According to Legal & General, group income protection claims for mental health are at their highest in the finance and insurance sector, 44%.
Barclays signs deals with Aviva and Legal & General Barclays has new deals with Aviva and Legal & General to provide life insurance products for customers. The aim is to deliver improved choice and accessibility, as well as competitively priced products.
Legal and General launch new employee life policy Legal & General has launched Relevant Life Plan, a term assurance plan available to employers to provide an individual death in service benefit for an employee.
Legal and General support Everyman to raise awareness for prostate cancer Legal &General is supporting Everyman during November 2011, in a month dedicated to raising funds and awareness of prostate cancer.
Legal & General sign exclusive new deal with Lifetime Legal services Legal &General has launched an exclusive deal with Lifetime Legal Services, to provide a new one stop legal shop for its business protection clients.
Unemployment figures show need for income protection insurance Legal & General's MoneyMood survey says 12 million households are already struggling to make ends meet, with 45% worried about covering their household bills and 57% dipping into their savings to cover the mortgage payments.
Legal & General roll out new integrated healthcare solution Legal & General has launched a new integrated healthcare solution to help employers protect the wellbeing of their staff. The solution is part of a group income protection cover, Workplace Recovery, which has already helped to save businesses money as well as cut down employee absence days.
Legal & General comment on latest unemployment figures John Pollock of Legal & General says, The jump in this month's unemployment figures is not totally unexpected but unfortunately this does mean that job prospects are unlikely to improve next month.
83% of employers offer no stress management advice or support to employees Research by Legal & General using Department for Work and Pensions statistics and reports has revealed that less than a fifth of employers are taking adequate steps to provide support for stressed employees in the workplace, despite stress being a leading cause of workplace absences.
Fitch Ratings affirms Legal and General at AA- Fitch Ratings has affirmed Legal & General's insurer financial strength rating at AA-.
GPs sceptical on effectiveness of the fit note Family doctors are yet to be convinced about the effectiveness of the new sick note. Half of GPs say the new fit note system has not enhanced their ability to help people keep their job during an illness.
Legal & General reduce processing times for customers Legal & General have implemented changes to their life and critical illness cover medical evidence limits.
Legal and General welcomes sickness absence review Legal and General welcomes a government commissioned review of the cost of sickness-related absence to Britain's employers.
15% of GPs often see patients who have been dismissed from their job during an illness Britain's family doctors routinely see patients who have been dismissed from their job during an illness. The new findings, in research conducted by Comres on behalf of Legal & General, show how some employers are struggling to manage workplace ill health and absence.
Legal and General income protection claims for 2010 Legal and General paid 93% of all income protection claims for 2010. 2% were declined for non- disclosure and 5% were declined where the claim did not meet the terms of the policy. The top three reasons for claims were musculoskeletal, mental illness and cancer.

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