Aviva adds conditions to children's group CI cover

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...