Underwriting

Adviser guide to underwriting

This guide contains information on our underwriting guidelines and how we measure risk.

Underwriting limits

This adviser-only factsheet details our financial and medical underwriting limits, effective from August 2023.

BMI sales aid

This leaflet explains how to calculate a client's Body Mass Index (BMI) and shows our underwriting outcomes for different values.

Access to Medical Reports Act information and declaration

This consent form gives your client information about the Access to Medical Reports Act (AMRA), and a declaration giving Royal London permission to access medical history.

Additional health questions

Use this supplementary form if your client answered 'yes' to any health-related questions in sections 6 to 9 of their protection policy application form.

Declaration of health

Fill in this form if your client wants to make changes to an existing plan, reinstate a lapsed plan, or if there's been a delay between application and a new plan starting.

Aviation questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's aviation activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Caving and potholing questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's caving and potholing activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Drug use questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's drug use to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Hang-gliding questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's hang-gliding activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's mining and tunnelling activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Motorsports questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's motorsports activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Mountaineering and rock climbing questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's mountaineering and rock climbing activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's parachuting activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Service aviation questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's service aviation activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Sports diving questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's sports diving activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

This form can be used to submit additional information about your clients who work offshore to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Yachting questionnaire

This form can be used to submit additional information about your client's yachting activities to our underwriters. Once completed and signed by your client, please return to our underwriting team.

Cover Now, Underwrite Later

This adviser-facing leaflet explains our temporary cover option, Underwrite Later, which of our products it can be used with, and key benefits.

Underwrite Later guide and declaration form

Information about our Underwrite Later cover, including terms and conditions and an application form. It can be used by clients who are applying for a protection plan by post, or who have already applied for Protection online without selecting the Underwrite Later option.