Suicide leading cause of life insurance claims for men under 40: Aviva

The provider's claims figures show that suicide was the leading cause of a life insurance claim among men in their 20s and 30s, representing 30% of male life claims under the age of 30 and 24% of life claims for men aged 30-39 last year. Mental health was the most common reason for mental health claims among men in 2020. The average age of a male income protection claimant was 43, with 44% of men claiming under the age of 40. For critical illness (CI) claims, prostate cancer was the leading cause of male CI claims during 2020, with £11,287,792 paid out to 167 critical illness customer...