CIExpert on latest L&G critical illness upgrade

Third L&G CI enhancement of 2018

Adam Saville
clock • 2 min read

"Most notable improvement" is increase in payment level for adult additional payment condition and children's CI extra cover for new condition

Legal & General's third critical illness upgrade of 2018 has brought with it an increase in the payment level of adult additional payment condition within the critical illness extra plan, from the current lower of £25,000 or 25% of the sum insured to the lower of £30,000 or 25% of the sum insured. Children's critical illness extra has been "boosted" by the addition of craniosynostosis, which increases the number of child-specific conditions to 13. These pay the lower of £30,000 or 50% of the parent's insured sum, although any claim for low-grade prostate cancer or carcinoma in situ of th...

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