Critical Illness

A couple is pursuing national IFA firms Positive Solutions and 2plan Wealth Management for what they claim was negligent advice to invest in high risk unregulated investments - including using money they had received from a critical illness (CI) payout....

Aviva has urged consumers to check their policies as over the past five years it has paid out over £2.2 million in critical illness payments to customers who didn't initially realise they could claim.

To help raise awareness during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Aegon has shared previously unpublished figures on breast cancer claims in 2012.

Survival estimates for those diagnosed with breast cancer have nearly doubled since 1971, with the majority of women diagnosed surviving for five years or more, research has found.

CIExpert has welcomed Ageas Protect's amendments to its Critical Illness (CI) policy and highlighted its position as the first insurer to extend Type 1 diabetes cover to adults aged below 40.

Ageas Protect has announced enhancements to its critical illness (CI) product including the introduction of two new partial benefit conditions and improved children's cover.

CIExpert has analysed the latest alternations from Bright Grey' to its menu-based critical illness (CI) policy.

Friends Life has reconfirmed its place at the top of the quality tree with a number of innovations CIExpart has concluded.

Bright Grey has made changes to its critical illness cover across both business and personal menu plans, by adding three new additional conditions relating to the early detection of cancer.

Friends Life has made coverage changes to its Protect+ Critical Illness Cover (CIC) offering based on the product's claims history.