Critical illness claims down due to delayed health checks: Royal London

According to its claims data for 2019-2020, Royal London stated that critical illness claims were one fifth lower overall than expected. Claims for prostrate cancer, the most common cancer claim, fell by almost half (47%) between 2019 and 2020, while claims for testicular cancer dropped 38% during the same period. Craig Paterson, chief underwriter at Royal London, said that the impact of the pandemic on the NHS and healthcare services "understandable caused interruptions" to screenings, with access to GPs also reduced, as conditions went undiagnosed for longer. "As a result, our ov...