Episode 14 – Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Hi everyone, I have Matt back with me and this time we are focusing on Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). This is an autoimmune condition that increases the chance of someone developing blood clots. More women than men are diagnosed with APS and at the moment there is no specific reason why APS develops. It is thought [...]

Episode 13 – Shareholder Protection

Hi everyone, I am doing another product feature today with a look into shareholder protection. I can’t remove all the jargon but I’m going to do my best to make it as simple as possible! In this episode I am giving an overview of cross-option and company buy-back shareholder protection options. There are other ways [...]

Episode 12 – Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hi everyone, we are talking about arthritis in our latest episode and taking a closer look at rheumatoid arthritis. When it comes to protection insurance rheumatoid arthritis is going to come up in the application questions at some point. Rheumatoid arthritis and the treatment for it can affect a lot of areas in the body [...]

Episode 11 – Business Property Relief

Hi everyone, I am taking a bit of a different approach with some of the upcoming podcast episodes and I hope that you find it useful. I am going to take specific protection insurance products and do a summary of how they work and what to look out for as an adviser The first one [...]

Episode 10 – Heart Valve Disease

Hi everyone, I have Matt Rann back with me for the first time in 2024 and we are talking about heart valve disease and how that mixes with protection insurance. There are a lot of heart conditions that we need to be aware of when applying for protection insurance and many often focus upon the [...]

Episode 9 – Travel Insurance

Hi everyone, I am joined today by Paul Beven and Rachel Edwards from Verisk. They are a leader in travel insurance underwriting, so we are taking a step into general insurance for this episode.  Travel insurance is focused upon emergency assistance that you might require when you are on holiday. This could be do with [...]

Episode 8 – Income Protection Claims

Hi everyone, I have Debbie Smith who is the Chief Medical Officer at Swiss Re with me to talk about the trends that she is spotting when it comes to income protection claims. I first met Debbie at the LUCID conference earlier this year and I found her presentation fascinating. So naturally I asked if [...]

Episode 7 – Total Permanent Disability

Hi everyone, we are talking about Total Permanent Disability, a potential claimable condition on most UK Critical Illness Contracts. We are talking about how TPD claims work and also the difficulties that can be experienced in placing a claim for this condition. This episode is taking a different approach to usual. As you know we [...]

Episode 6 – Insurtech and Health Data

Hi everyone, we have Lisa Balboa back with us giving her insights into insure tech and how this could change the way that insurers underwriter insurance applications and give ongoing health support to their policyholders. We are talking about wearables and things that your smartphone can do that is absolutely brilliant, though I do find [...]

Episode 5 – Prostate Cancer

Hi everyone, we are back with Matt Rann and taking a look at prostate cancer, in perfect time for Movember. Usually when someone has cancer insurers don’t like to offer life insurance, critical illness or income protection, until the person is completely recovered. Prostate cancer is the exception (sometimes!). We are going to talk about [...]