Royal London updates critical illness cover

'A worthwhile upgrade'

Adam Saville
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Children's cover enhanced, advanced surgery benefit added and various conditions simplified

A new conversion option has been added to Royal London's Enhanced Children's Critical Illness Cover, which allows the policyholder's children to take out their own critical illness cover (CI) without any medical underwriting, within six months of the children's cover ending. The insurer has also increased the maximum age a child is covered to 23 if they are in full time education (21 otherwise). Advanced surgery benefit has been added to CI, which allows a pay out as soon as a customer is on a NHS waiting list for surgery (for the 12 surgeries listed under the policy), rather than aft...

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