Critical Illness

Less than half (48%) of homeowners have a policy and four in five renting households do not have life insurance, and research by Aviva has found.

Justin Taurog discusses the later life opportunity for advisers and clients.

Bright Grey, part of the Royal London Group has upgraded its critical illness cover (CI), alongside incorporating the ABI's statement of best practice for CI.

Bright Grey is the latest insurer to upgrade its plan at the same time as it adopts the revised ABI model wordings that must be effected by 31st December 2015, CIExpert has said.

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.

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.

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.