CI case study: "What quality of life do you want for yourself?"

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A client of adviser firm Vita discusses how her life has changed since being diagnosed with cancer.

During safety briefings on airlines we are told to put our own oxygen mask on first, before helping anyone else. Critical Illness insurance was my oxygen mask. If I may share any lessons with you as you read these case studies and you try to decide whether you will invest your hard earned money in a Critical Illness insurance policy, I would say in the kindest and loudest voice - please prioritise yourself. I encourage you to buy Critical Illness cover if you have none and to buy more if you already have some. I purchased a policy through Vita and less than a year later I was diagn...

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