Critical Illness

Legal & General (L&G) paid out £422,500 on children's critical illness (CI) cover claims for leukaemia in 2014, the figure has been released for National Leukaemia Awareness Month.

The four year crude survival rate for head and neck cancers varies by over 30% depending on the type of cancer, an audit has found.

Canada Life has exclusively spoken to COVER on the reasons behind its return to the individual protection market, adding that the newly launched product is 'not the final design'

Friends Life, part of the Aviva Group, is now offering counselling and carer support services to customers taking out protection cover.

People are living longer but they are seeing more illness and disability in their older years, research published in the Lancet has found.

Canada Life has revealed details of its new individual term and critical illness products for the UK market.

COVER magazine is proud to announce the shortlists for the Cover Excellence Awards 2015, which will be held in London in October.

Canada Life has returned to the UK individual protection market with four life plans, two offering a critical illness add-on.

CIExpert has described Canada Life's Critical Illness (CI) add on to its new individual life policies as 'a welcome addition to the market.'

Zurich UK paid 92% of critical illness (CI) claims made in the first half of 2015, and 82% of income protection claims, the insurer's claims statistics have revealed.