Critical Illness

Critical Illness

Big Interview: Legacare's Meg Kirby

Fiona Murphy talks to Meg Kirby, the founder of Legacare, which provides legal advice to patients with terminal or life-threatening illnesses

clock 25 August 2016 • 7 min read

Critical Illness

Cancer: Increasing survival rates and the increasing need for protection

Scottish Widows' Johnny Timpson explains the significance of recent research from Macmillan Cancer Support and why the need for critical illness cover is becoming increasingly strong.

clock 22 August 2016 • 3 min read

Critical Illness

NHS patients missing out on cancer treatments

International report finds access to breast cancer drugs across the UK is falling behind other countries - including Germany, France and Canada - with thousands missing out on life-extending treatments.

clock 15 August 2016 • 3 min read

Critical Illness

CIExpert: The verdict on AIG Life's 'simple' CI plan

AIG Life has launched a simple critical illness plan called Key 3 which incorporates just three conditions - Cancer, Heart Attack and Stroke, writes CIExpert.

clock 10 August 2016 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

Royal London will not add CI to relevant life

Royal London is the next insurer to confirm it will not add critical illness cover to its relevant life policy after conversations with HMRC, COVER can exclusively reveal.

clock 10 August 2016 • 2 min read

Critical Illness

AIG Life launches simple CI which covers three main conditions

AIG Life has launched Key3, a simpler form of critical illness insurance which pays a lump sum upon diagnosis of one of three key medical conditions - cancer, heart attack or stroke.

clock 10 August 2016 • 4 min read

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Aviva's commitment to its relevant life plan with CI remains unchanged

Aviva's commitment to its relevant life plan with critical illness cover has not changed despite Legal & General's recent dialogue with HMRC regarding tax treatment of such plans.

clock 03 August 2016 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

L&G confirms it will not add CI to relevant life after HMRC discussions

Legal & General (L&G) will not add critical illness cover (CIC) to its relevant life plan (RLP) warning it would not be 'compliant with current RLP legislation' and could lead to policyholder detriment after dialogue with HMRC, COVER can exclusively reveal....

clock 03 August 2016 • 3 min read

Critical Illness

NFU Mutual withdraws protection plans to distribute AIG Life policies

NFU Mutual has withdrawn its own protection policies from the market and has partnered with AIG Life to distribute products to customers from 1st August 2016, COVER can exclusively reveal.

clock 25 July 2016 • 1 min read

Critical Illness

Unum adds cancer support to group CI

Unum has added cancer support to its offering for group critical illness customers.

clock 19 July 2016 • 1 min read