PAYOUTS AND POLICIES RISE IN 2022

Insurers supported people experiencing bereavement, illness, or injury to the tune of £6.85bn in 2022, according to latest figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Upwards trend

This total includes payouts from group and individual protection policies. Individual policies paid out £4.64bn on life insurance, income protection and critical illness claims, while group policies, which provide protection products through an employer, paid out £2.21bn.

Protection when it’s needed

In total, some 287,000 individual claims were paid, with the average payout from these policies increasing for the third year in a row to £15,448, a 9% boost.

Over 15,900 people claimed against individual income protection policies in 2022, another 9% increase from the previous year. The total value of these claims also rose by 22%. For the second consecutive year, the main cause of individual income protection claims (34%) concerned musculoskeletal issues.

Acceptance rates stay high

The number of new individual claims paid has consistently been around 98% since 2017. More than half of declined claims resulted from customers who had not told their insurer key details about themselves or their circumstances.

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