Aviva adds conditions to children's group CI cover

Multiple claims can now be made for children

Jaskeet Briah
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Aviva has extended the children’s benefit available through its group critical illness (CI) policy with the addition of four new conditions.

The newly added conditions are Down's syndrome, Edwards syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta and Patau syndrome, bringing the number of child-specific conditions Aviva covers through its children's benefit to nine. An additional improvement has been made so that children's cover will no longer stop following payment of a claim for them. Claims for children will be treated the same as the group member and their spouse/partner, Aviva said, so they can now claim as many times as needed. Jason Ellis, group protection sales director, Aviva, said: "We regularly review our products and services...

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