Protection claims for skin cancer have fallen - Aegon

  The percentage of critical illness claims for skin cancer has fallen from 7% of total claims in 2010 to 3.6% in 2016. Cancer as a whole accounted for 60% of all critical illness claims received by Aegon in 2016, with skin cancer accounting for just 6% of cancer-related claims. While skin cancer wasn't the most common type of cancer-related critical illness claim, Aegon paid out £1.65 million in skin cancer critical illness claims. The average age of a claimant was 49, with the youngest claimant aged 36. However, while these developments have probably made a difference and c...