Aegon UK highlights CI claims to mark Movember

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To mark the Movember men's health campaign this month, Aegon UK takes a look at trends in claims statistics among men.

Cancer as a whole continued to account for 50% of all male critical illness claims received in 2015 by Aegon.  Prostate cancer was by far the most common accounting for 19% of these cancer claims followed closely by cancer of the bowel, colon and rectum which accounted for 18% of CI claims. Aegon's claims experience also shows an 11% increase in critical illness claims for cancer of the bowel, colon and rectum, from 2014 to 2015. Aegon has suggested this could be down to the work campaigns such as Movember is doing in raising awareness of key men's health issues and promoting regul...

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