Critical Illness

Women still have less critical illness (CI) cover than men yet new Mums are storming ahead in income protection (IP) and life insurance sales, according to two separate pieces of research released today.

Death rates from malignant melanoma are 70% higher in men than women, despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease each year, according to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK.

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FirstAssist Insurance Services has launched two new insurance products, Surgery Cash Plan and Simple Critical Illness.

Life insurance take-up has increased among single-parent families over the past year, according to research.

Testing women for the human papillomavirus (HPV) instead of using traditional cervical screening could prevent around 600 cases of cervical cancer a year, Cancer Research UK has said.

Insurers have applauded news the ABI is to refine definitions insurers use to report claims pay-out rates to ensure greater consistency across the industry.

Scottish Widows has published details of its life and critical illness (CI) claims with an average of nearly £4 million paid out every week during 2012.

More than half of employers would be encouraged to offer group benefits if the government offered tax incentives, a survey has reported.

An online quoting system has reported that all consumers look at more than one protection product area when considering cover.