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Liverpool Victoria is a specialist insurer, founded in 1843.

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Nationwide launches new travel insurance products in association with LV= Nationwide Building Society will offer its customers a new range of insurance as part of its partnership with mutual insurance and investment group LV=.
Consumer confusion about new Welfare Reform Act A new report by protection specialist LV= reveals that 17.5 million UK adults in full time employment are unaware of the changes that the Welfare Reform Act has brought about, after new legislation replaced Incapacity Benefit with Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
LV= announces improvements to prices Protection specialist LV= has announced improvements to its rates on life and critical illness. In some cases premiums have been reduced by over 13%.
More British travellers heading to FCO “Don't go” areas More and more British travellers are ignoring Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) travel advice, according to a new survey. Up to 12% of British travellers have visited a place on the FCO's “Don't go” list in the last five years, says the survey for LV insurance.
LV= launches new travel insurance policies LV= has launched two travel insurance products, one providing annual cover and the other for single trips. Both policies include £10million medical cover, £2,500 personal possessions cover, £500 for loss of money, £5,000 for cancellation and £250 delay cover.
Liverpool Victoria hit with £840,000 fine for payment protection insurance failings Insurance company banking subsidiary Liverpool Victoria Banking Services (LVBS) has been fined £840,000 by the FSA for failings in the sale of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI). The firm will also be required to pay compensation to customers who bought PPI when seeking unsecured loans between 14 April 2005 and 8 August 2007.
LV= launches new equity release product - flexible lifetime mortgage Retirement specialist LV= has launched a new equity release product - Flexible Lifetime Mortgage - that allows homeowners to draw down funds from the equity in their home when they need to.
Parents to blame for child obesity Parents are to blame for Britain's obesity crisis, which costs the economy £45 billion a year. Three in four adults said mums and dads make their children fat, while 49% of those surveyed blamed food manufacturers. Only 38% believe lack of sporting facilities is behind the problem, according to Benenden Healthcare. A recent Government report predicted that obesity will cost the UK £45bn...
LV= launches revolutionary Mortgage & Lifestyle Protection product LV= has launched its innovative Mortgage & Lifestyle Protection product, which is simple to apply for and can protect your mortgage payments and living expenses. Mortgage & Lifestyle Protection is a flexible, tailored mortgage payment and living expenses protection product. It offers cover against accident, sickness and unemployment with level mortgage payment protection and the choice...
LV= highlights improved claims performance Protection specialist LV= has published its 2007 protection claims record. 86% of claims were paid across its income protection and critical illness policies. This is an increase over 2006, when around 86% of claims were paid for income protection and around 81% of claims were paid for critical illness protection.
LV= improves its Flexible Protection Plan rates Insurer LV= is improving its term life and critical illness pricing on its Flexible Protection Plan product range, with 53% of rates reducing.
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...
LV= launches Cilla Black charity partnership Insurer LV= has announced a new partnership with one of Cilla Black's chosen charities. Cilla stars in a TV advertising campaign for LV= promoting the '50 Plus Plan' life insurance. LV= will donate £1 to the charity WRVS for every new 50 Plus Plan taken out during 2008. The funds raised will be used to support the range of services provided by WRVS' 56,000 volunteers, helping elderly...
Price cuts on critical illness rates LV= has announced reductions to many of its critical illness premium rates. In some cases rates have been reduced by up to almost 30%, and across both guaranteed and reviewable combined life and critical illness contracts 96% of the premiums have been lowered. The table below indicates how premiums have changed across the different products: ProductMax decreaseMax increasePercentage of Rates...
LV= cuts term life prices LV= has reduced around 90% of its term life assurance premium rates. On Level Term policies, 93% of prices have been reduced with 7% increased. On Decreasing Term policies, 90% of prices have been reduced with 9% increased. On Index linked family income benefit policies, 98% of prices have been reduced with 2% increased. A male non-smoker, aged 40 years next birthday, with a 20-year term would...
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...
Tomorrow enhances equity release offering Tomorrow has launched an equity release lifetime mortgage online quotes system on the Tomorrow website. The online quote system will enable financial advisers to receive live quotes 24 hours a day. The online quote facility has been designed to help advisers save time and deal with the increasing demand for equity release quotations. Tomorrow is also be reducing its initial advance, responding to...
LV unveils enhanced Critical Illness Cover Following the ABI's Statement of Best Practice for Critical Illness, LV- the new brand name for Liverpool Victoria - is not only adopting the ABI's recommended common generic terms and model wording but is also adding five new conditions, and reducing premium rates across most terms and ages by an average of 3.8%, and up to 45.2% in some cases. The new conditions, not included in the ABI's model...
Welcome LV = Britain's largest friendly society has changed its name, clearing away more than 160 years of history. From now on, the society formerly known as Liverpool Victoria will be transformed into the unusually named LV=. The £2m brand change will see the insurer's logo converted into a lime green "LV" combined with an "=" representing the firm's "expression of...
Income protection provider launches 'Healthy Steps' Liverpool Victoria, the UK's largest friendly society, has introduced a range of health management risk offers to help protection policyholders understand how they can reduce their risk of poor health and disease. The free online health assessment and advice service, 'Healthy Steps' is launched in partnership with independent health services specialist, roadtohealth Ltd. Liverpool Victoria...

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