Critical Illness

Aegon is supporting Bowel Cancer Awareness month with the release of claims information and a factsheet to help advisers and customers understand and recognise bowel cancer symptoms.

Incidence of kidney cancer have risen over 2 decades although survival rates have improved, according to a new report.

Aviva has gone beyond ABI definitions with enhancements to its critical illness (CI) heart attack coverage, CIExpert has said.

Aviva has enhanced its heart attack definition on new critical illness (CI) policies to pay out on the diagnosis of a heart attack regardless of severity.

Following LV='s changes to their Critical Illness policies earlier today, CIExpert, the Critical Illness reference site, has assessed changes made and backed LV='s assertion that more claims will be paid.

LV= has announced changes to its critical illness cover aimed at increasing cover and making it easier to claim on.

Ageas Protect paid out 89.3% of critical illness (CI) and children's CI protection claims in 2013 - the first time the protection provider has published its claims performance since it entered the market in 2008.

Aviva has disclosed it paid out 99.3% of life insurance claims and 92.9% of critical illness claims during 2013.

Patients with life-threatening and seriously debilitating conditions, such as cancer and dementia, will be given early access to new medicines, the health secretary has revealed.

Critical illness sales are doing well. But Ian Jefferies outlines concerns over the product's development and offers a partial solution.