Adviser alerts mother to claim two years after son's diagnosis

Reports Mail on Sunday

Adam Saville
clock • 1 min read

Ali Bunting was told her son had Hodgkin lymphoma at just 13 years old, the Mail on Sunday has reported

A story in the Mail on Sunday has revealed that a mother from Hertfordshire was informed about the possibility of a pay-out via a phone call from her insurance broker two years after her son had been diagnosed with cancer. Jack Bunting, who was 13 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, has since been given the all clear following four courses of chemotherapy. His mother Ali had taken out critical illness cover with Aegon, however she was not aware that her son was also covered by the plan. During the follow-up call from her adviser from LifeSearch she was told his illness would ...

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