The Sun: Dad-of-four denied life cover due to depression

Despite recovering years ago

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Tabloid reveals that LV= rejected application due to 'recurrent episodes'

With the dust barely settled from the COVER Mental Health Forum yesterday, we are disappointed to report that on Wednesday The Sun revealed that a 40-year-old man had been denied life cover due to a history of depression. "Many of you will remember a story in The Guardian last year highlighting the extent to which people with a history of poor mental health were being refused life cover, and there was a collective wince when the issue reared its head again in The Telegraph nine months later," said COVER editor Adam Saville, speaking at the COVER Mental Health Forum yesterday. "We all kno...

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