Critical Illness
Paul Roberts: Responsibility beyond the claim
Old Mutual Wealth's Paul Roberts explores how insurers can reinstate or continue cover following a critical illness claim
Andrew Wilkinson: Critical illness - What about the unlucky?
Difficult-to-diagnose critical illnesses such as lupus can take years to confirm and misdiagnosis is common. How can we as an industry help ensure claims are paid?
Swiss Re Term & Health Watch: Sales up 11.6% in 2017
Overall increase of 21.1% for critical illness - highest level of growth since 2012
AIG Life: Income protection and CIC for cancer survivors
Coverage under YourLife Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover policies available for cancer survivors
Industry reaction: ABI issues minimum standards for CIC
Some positive moves but "major issues" missed at consultation stage to improve access to insurance
Steve Casey: Practice what you preach
To follow up his article outlining his experience as a victim of a stroke and CIC claimant, Steve Casey assesses the importance of seeking his own second medical opinion
NAT welcomes ABI removal of HIV from CIC guidelines
National AIDS Trust (NAT) applauds Association of British Insurers (ABI) decision to exclude "discriminatory" wording
ABI releases 'Guide to Minimum Standards' for CIC
Terminal illness definition removed, HIV deleted and an exclusion for early stage thyroid cancer allowed
Scottish Widows pays out 98.99% of life claims for 2017
Above industry average figures for both critical illness and life paid claims
CIExpert on Guardian's critical illness conditions
Simplifications for heart attack, stroke and cancer (and more) with exclusions removed
Guardian: 'Simpler, broader definitions' for CIC and terminal illness
Gryphon Group Holdings targets protection disruption by removing exclusions for critical Illness and terminal illness
Steve Casey: Different Strokes?
Square Health's Steve Casey is living proof that CIC can be a vital lifeline for anyone who suffers a stroke. However, as he found out first hand, the experience of making a claim may differ from one provider to the next. Here's his story...
VitalityLife updates Serious Illness Cover
Cancer Relapse Benefit included as standard and 35 definitions added including borderline ovarian cancer and blindness in one eye
CIExpert on L&G's Critical Illness Extra update
Consolidation of "market-leading" position with better quality of choice and by mirroring Aviva's two-pronged approach to children's cover
Johnny Timpson: For better or worse, richer or poorer
Johnny Timpson holds forth on bereavement benefits, cohabiting inequalities and the upcoming Supreme Court case in Belfast
L&G launches critical illness upgrade
Critical Illness Extra (CIx) supports a total of 95 conditions and includes children's cover as well as virtual GP service plus RedArc nurses
IRESS data shows 20.5% protection sales increase
The Exchange indicates 'record-breaking quarter' for critical illness, life, income protection and multi benefit products for first three months of 2018
Zurich pays out 97% of 2017 protection claims
Paid life claims reached 99% and mental health most common reason for IP pay-out
Prime minister declares £75m for prostate cancer research
The biggest UK government investment yet for this type of cancer
Legal & General paid 98% of life claims in 2017
The firm dished out a total of £636m across life, CIC, terminal illness and income protection
Simon Jacobs: Terminal illness - Confusion for some, financial lifeline for many
After his firm paid out 24% of life claims early as 'terminal illness' benefits in 2017, Aegon UK's Simon Jacobs helps clarify the policy
Aegon UK: 24% of life claims paid out early for terminal illness in 2017
Firm pays 98% of life and 94% of CIC claims
Old Mutual Wealth paid 100% of life claims (again)
94.6% of critical illness claims paid in 2017 by wealth manager
Emergency risk: Pulmonary embolism
Fergus Bescoby discusses underwriting considerations for blood clots in the lung
