Navigating through uncertainty
COVID-19 underwriting guidance available
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Updated 15 February 2021
As more research emerges on COVID-19, we update our guidelines in Life Guide to help you navigate through the uncertainty and continue to underwrite with confidence.
What's new:
- shortened postponement periods for non-hospitalised and hospital 'general ward' admissions.
- new guidance for persistent symptoms (secondary COVID or post COVID syndrome)
This is a supplement to earlier information that includes:
- improved wording to reflect changing circumstances
- guidance around COVID-19 symptoms, but negative antigen test
- guidance for individuals participating in vaccine trials
- severity of disease and hospital admission
- underwriting requirements after COVID-19
- broader antigen and antibody testing
We've also developed suggested underwriting screening questions which will be available through our Magnum automated underwriting platform.
For more perspective on COVID-19, see our latest collection of L&H Trend Spotlights.