Malignant melanoma, a type of skin cancer, has increased by 78% among males and 48% among females from 2003 to 2012, official figures have shown.
Individual critical illness saw a relentless pace of change last year. But has the industry gone far enough? Fiona Murphy investigates.
Friends Life has revealed it paid £970,000 to families of children with cancer under its Child Cover benefit during 2013.
Scottish Widows has reported that it paid out 99% of life and 90% of critical illness claims through its bancassurance channel during 2013.
Aviva has developed two short films to help advisers encourage take up of critical illness insurance.
CIExpert has analysed Friends Life's latest upgrade to its critical illness (CI) policy.
Friend's Life managing director, UK protection, Steve Payne discusses the insurer's latest critical illness enhancements in our newly launched COVER TV.
Thousands of people are putting themselves at risk of a major stroke by dismissing their symptoms and are unaware that they are having a mini-stroke; a report has warned.
Half of people diagnosed with cancer today will survive their disease for at least 10 years, according to figures from Cancer Research UK.
People must consider taking out cover earlier in life as around one in four claims for critical illness (CI) occurs before the age of 40, research has found.