CIExpert: An analysis of children's critical illness benefits

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Child cover within critical illness plans has assumed a far greater importance in recent years, writes CIExpert's Alan Lakey.

Please click here to view table one which compares child critical illness cover - [asset_library_tag 8127df3e-f8d3-4c91-a570-36752ca9a40b,CIExpert Children's CI Death Benefit Table November 2017 - Updated] Child cover within critical illness plans has assumed a far greater importance in recent years.  Whilst the industry average for child claims is around 3% this understates the reality.  A scrutiny of paid child claims by AIG shows that over 10% of its claims relate to children.   As a result there has been an increased emphasis on child cover within recent provider upgrades. ...

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