Zurich are focused on delivering changes that are designed with you in mind, ensuring we make it as easy and rewarding as we can for you and your client’s when it comes to doing business with us.
In May, we:
- Introduced a new optional benefit, Zurich Accelerate – when added to a Zurich Personal or Income Protection policy, Zurich Accelerate provides access to experts from around the world to offer a package of medical care services for cancer, heart and neurological conditions. Your clients have complete flexibility when it comes to using any of the six services Zurich Accelerate has to offer. They can choose which services to use and when, with the option to combine them with public or private healthcare, offering greater control over their healthcare decisions. For more information click here.
- NEW milestone benefit reason for Income Protection policies – we’ve added a new milestone benefit reason of “rental increase” to new Income Protection policies. Customers will now be able to use the milestone benefit to increase their monthly benefit without underwriting if they have an:
- Increase to rental payments imposed by a landlord
- Increase to rental payments when moving to a new rental property
- Increase in payments when changing from rental payments to mortgage payments
- Increase in payments when changing from mortgage to rental payments.
- Increased our Direct Debit trigger notice periods – when your clients’ Direct Debits change or a new one is set up, we will not collect any changed or new premiums until 15 days have passed.
- Improved our quote illustrations for additional children’s benefits – based on your feedback, our quote illustrations will now show the children’s benefit premium as a separate line.