Royal London has improved its pre-sale underwriting tool to widen the scope of medical conditions from 60 to over 3,600.

Royal London says focusing on evidence-based underwriting will boost access to protection insurance.

Following Kevin Fisher’s appointment as president earlier this month, IQUW has announced Sam Waltier will be joining its professional lines team.

Markel UK has announced Vicky Read as the new head of liability underwriting, employed under the recently appointed director of underwriting Mark Plews.

HSBC Life (UK) Ltd’s latest digital underwriting innovation enables medical screening requests to be sent and received automatically from the medical screening provider Square...