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Critical illness has over the last few years seen a constant flow of policy upgrades that whilst offering significant benefits, make the task of keeping up with these changes ever more challenging. Here at CIExpert we aim to keep you informed, providing an overview each time an update is released and providing our opinion on the changes. Sign up to our newsletter to receive these updates as soon as they're released.

20th November 2024

Aviva boosts critical illness offering

Aviva has updated its individual critical illness (CI) offering to include support for pregnancy complications, an increased number of child-specific illnesses eligible for claim and an increase to its children’s death benefit sum.

19th November 2024

Single is Best Campaign - Comments from pledgers

19th November 2024

Critical Thinking Single is Best – comments from pledgers

The response so far clearly shows the industry’s passion for this issue. We have received a huge amount of comments from our pledgers and it’s encouraging to see such strong support from leading distribution firms and advisers alike.

29th October 2024

Critical Thinking Single is Best Campaign

We believe that a Consumer Duty-based compliance process should default to recommending two single plans for couples. We invite you to pledge your support for our Single is Best Campaign.

28th October 2024

Indexation calculation

Alan Lakey, founder, CIExpert explains how indexation can be a critical tool for advisers when determining the best value for a customer.

14th October 2024

The couples’ conundrum: joint or separate finances?

Alan Lakey comments on the couples' conundrum on joint or separate finances from the Financial Times.

10th October 2024

Scottish Widows Join IP Insight Zone

Scottish Widows announced as latest provider to join CIExpert's IP Insight Zone. They are the fifth provider to join CIExpert’s IP Insight Zone.

11th September 2024

Alan Lakey Honoured with the Prestigious Dr. Marius Barnard Award

We’re incredibly proud to announce that our very own Alan Lakey was honoured with the prestigious Dr. Marius Barnard Award last night at the Scottish Widows Recognition Event.

11th September 2024

HSBC Life expands access for value-added benefits

HSBC Life UK has expanded its value-added benefits (VABs) so that the partners of policyholders can now access the same services as policyholders.

11th September 2024

Alan Lakey: The role of gender in critical-illness claims

Alan Lakey explores the significant gender disparities in critical illness claims. While overall statistics show trends, they often obscure critical differences between men and women.

11th July 2024

The importance of care: Value-added services for cancer survivors

Alan Lakey, director, CIExpert, explores why value-added services are rising in importance for those battling and surviving Cancer.

10th July 2024

Live Webinar – SolutionBuilder & CIExpert

Join us for this LIVE webinar on the integration between SolutionBuilder and CIExpert. Register Now!

19th June 2024

Guardian upgrades critical illness additional payment conditions

Guardian has upgraded the additional payment conditions within its critical illness policy. Guardian's new policy upgrade is available now for comparison on CIExpert. Login & compare today!